Brussels, 16/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - The agriculture ministers of EU Member States reached a political agreement on Monday (in view of the adoption of a common position) on a proposal notably providing for the ban by 2006 of the last antibiotics still used as growth factor in animal feed. Only Austria did not rally around this text, as it would have liked an earlier ban for antibiotics. The Council also reached a political agreement on two other issues related to food safety: hygiene rules...