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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7678

17 March 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food
Majority of Internal Market Council backs creation of independent European food authority responsible for assessing and communicating risks

Brussels, 16/03/2000 (Agence Europe) - The debate, open to the public, of the Internal Market Council on the Commission's White Paper on food safety (see other article, p.7) confirmed the interest of Member States for a subject included among the priorities of the Portuguese Presidency and their will to contribute to the ongoing reflection on the reform of the Union's policy in that field, "indispensable to restore consumer confidence, shaken by the successive food crises", stressed Mr....

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