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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7637
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/food safety

Byrne reiterates that the future food safety authority will have to be "visible" but not encroach upon Parliament's competences

Strasbourg, 19/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - As Europeans become increasingly sensitive to the quality of food products, the shopping trolley has become a very powerful weapon, because the "slightest dip" in consumer confidence can have a considerable economic impact, European Commissioner David Byrne told the European Parliament on Tuesday evening, noting that he had made the same observation last week at his press conference on the European Commission's White Paper on food safety (see EUROPE...

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