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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8006

14 July 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/presidency
Belgian Presidency includes food safety in the rank of one of the EU's "main priorities" and wants to keep CAP as it stands

Brussels, 13/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - Other than reopening the debate on bio-technologies (see EUROPE of 9/10 July, p.11), Belgium has included food safety among the "main priorities" of its Presidency. It has as task to ensure the setting up of the European Food Authority "European institution which superimposes itself over national food agencies and Member States", says Jaak Gabriels, hoping that the future Authority will be "on a par with" American Food and Drug Administration (FDA)....

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