Brussels, 30/08/2011 (Agence Europe) - Allowing electronic identification of cattle will, according to the European Commission, further enhance food safety and better safeguard animal health in the EU. This is the flagship idea in a draft regulation adopted by the European Commission on Tuesday 30 August. The Commission proposal provides the legal framework for the introduction, for the first time and on a voluntary basis, of an electronic identification system (EID) for bovine animals....