Brussels, 20/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - By submitting to the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs limit amounts applicable in 2002 for dioxins present in foodstuffs and animal feeds, the Commission has just implemented the first stage of the Community strategy, initiated by Commissioner David Byrne (Consumer and Health protection) to tackle the problem of public health posed by these carcinogen organic compounds present in the food chain.
Dioxins (aromatic polychloric compounds resulting for...