Brussels, 16/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - David Byrne, European Commissioner for Consumer and Health Protection is on an official visit to the United States on 18 and 19 March. Discussions with US counterparts for facilitating Trans-Atlantic trade will focus on food safety and public and animal health. The meeting with Ann Veneman, US Secretary of Agriculture will also look at avian influenza, detected in Texas, as well as US measures taken to reduce the spread of the disease since the EU's...