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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8448

24 April 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety
Commission invites Member States to apply same tolerances to national radioactive caesium as those applied to imports of certain "wild" foodstuffs

Brussels, 23/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Commission adopted a recommendation whereby it invites Member States to apply "internally" the same maximum tolerances for atomic caesium as those fixed in the Community legislation applied to imports into the EU. The text also calls for appropriate information to be given to the public concerned on risks relating to consumption at the local level of large quantities of wild foods (mushrooms, aromatic herbs, etc.) that may...

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