15/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - At the Agriculture Council on 14 April, France expressed its concern over the forthcoming European Commission proposal authorising the chemical decontamination of fresh meat. This decision will allow the import of US chicken treated with chlorinated water (see EUROPE 9638). The French delegation considered that recent scientific opinions on chemical decontamination “did not remove all uncertainty” and that the process “runs counter to the EU's long-held...