Brussels, 20/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EU's Standing Veterinary Committee (SVC) is in favour of lifting the obligation on European operators to test 20% of beef imports from the US to detect hormones. When the Commission endorses the SVC's decision, testing for hormone residues in meat imports will be optional. Since September 1999 (when the EU discovered traces of anabolic steroids in meat certified as hormone-free), additional tests were imposed on US meat imports (including offal but...