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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7789

1 September 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/romania
Commission rejects accusations by Romanian press stating EU supplied products unfit for consumption to Romanian orphanages

Brussels, 31/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission totally rejects the accusations made by the Romanian press alleging the EU supplied food unfit for consumption in the context of its humanitarian aid to Romanian orphanages. These accusations are "rubbish", declared the spokesperson for Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen. While, according to the Romanian press, 80% of the 3,000 tonnes of food aid supplied to orphanages in the context of the Phare programme was expired or...

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