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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11547
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) food safety

Commission back tracks on peracetic acid for poultry

Brussels, 09/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - According to an article in Agra Europe published on Monday 9 May, it is possible that the European Commission will withdraw its proposal to authorise the use of peracetic acid in the chicken carcasses decontamination process.

This proposal of December 2015 was introduced as part of the strategy to combat the Campylobacter bacteria and subsequently facilitate the imports of chickens from the US, which use this decontamination method on a mass scale...

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