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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8423

19 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture council
Agreement on banning "aldicarb" in 2007 - situation of latest developments in food safety

Brussels, 18/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday in Brussels, the Agriculture Council reached a qualified majority agreement on a proposal of compromise by the Greek Presidency (which the Commission agreed to rally to) aimed at suspending the authorisation, from 30 June 2007, for the use of the "aldicarb" pesticide on crops. Furthermore, it took stock of the latest developments on food safety (bird influenza in the Netherlands and Belgium, the presence of antibiotics in Portuguese poultry)...

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