Brussels, 05/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 8 April, the European Commission will make a proposal to the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health. It will propose that the EU adopts Japan's draconian standards for controlling the amount of radioactivity in foodstuffs and animal feed imported from Japan. On Tuesday 5 April, José Manuel Barroso made this announcement to the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
In a reply to Rebecca Harms (Greens, Germany), who was astonished...