Brussels, 12/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached an agreement, after a meeting in conciliation committee, on the new directive concerning the sale of compound animal feed. The aim of the new directive (which amends that of 1979 and repeals that of 1991) is that farmers should be informed (through labelling) of the composition and the use of feed for animals, as precisely as possible.
It is agreed that the new directive should...