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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10578
SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) food safety

EU could do better on dioxin and heavy metal residues

Brussels, 20/03/2012 (Agence Europe) - Pesticide and antibiotic residues in animals are, with only a few exceptions, within tolerable limits set by EU law and this has been the situation for three years. However, more can be done on the residues of other chemical substances, according to the latest report - for 2010 - published by the European Commission on Tuesday 20 March.

The report reveals that of the 736,806 analytical results collected by member states, only 0.33% of the samples taken...

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