Brussels, 08/04/2011 (Agence Europe) - Controls have been stepped up on the level of radioactivity in food and feed imported into the EU from Japan. Ceilings established by European legislation (Regulation EURATOM 39/54/1987) for the maximum acceptable levels of radioactive contamination tolerated in food are to be lowered.
The representatives of the 27 EU member states, who met at the EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCoFCAH) in Brussels on Thursday 8 April,...