Strasbourg, 10/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 10 July, the European Parliament backed the lifting of the ban on feeding fishmeal and fish oil to ruminants. Since 2001, the EU has banned all animal meal as part of the fight against mad cow disease.
The EP adopted the own initiative report by Struan Stevenson (EPP-ED, UK) on the production of fishmeal and fish oil. The report stressed that there was “no scientific evidence to support a total ban on fishmeal on the grounds that it may...