Brussels, 03/10/2011 (Agence Europe) - Egypt is calling for the lifting of the ban on certain vegetable exports to the EU since the E.coli crisis in July 2011 (see OJEC L 179/10).
The Egyptian farm minister explains in Al-Ahram Online that the tests had shown that Egypt is not a source of infection, but the EU restrictions have not yet been lifted although they should not extend beyond October.
The chair of the Egyptian Export Council, Sherif El-Beltagy, told Al-Ahram that he hoped sales...