Brussels, 12/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Friday 9 March, the American government agency 'APHIS' (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) published a bill aiming to lift restrictions on imports of bovine meat from the EU, restrictions which have been in place since 1997 due to mad cow disease. The publication of this bill "represents a major step towards the resolution of this problem which has poisoned transatlantic relations for too long", commented the spokesperson to Dacian Ciolos,...