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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8258

19 July 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety
EU Standing Committee recommends tracing and destroying products contaminated by MPA hormone

Brussels, 18/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - The affair concerning the contamination of foodstuffs and animal feed by the growth hormone MPA (medroxy-progesterone acetate) is taken very seriously by the Member States and the European Commission, although scientists consider consumer health is not directly threatened. During its meeting on Tuesday, the Standing Committee on Food invited the Member States concerned (mainly the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium) to track down and destroy all the...

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