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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8406

22 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food and mouth disease
Green light to ban bovine fresh meat from Paraguay

Brussels, 21/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - In order to protect animal health within the Community, all bovine fresh meat imports from Paraguay into the Union are to be banned until further notice. The Standing Committee for the Food Chain and Animal Health on Thursday approved a Commission proposal to this effect. A recent inspection carried out in Paraguay by the Commission's Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) convinced the Commission of the need for such a measure, given the serious failures...

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