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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9730
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/food safety

Controversial new pesticide residues regulation comes into force

Brussels, 01/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - New rules on upper limits on pesticide residues came into force on Monday 1 September 2008 against a backdrop of rage and concern from various NGOs, which argue that the EU regulation adopted by the scam on 31 July 2008 will lead to increased contamination of food by chemical residues. The Commission denies this, arguing that the new regulation will strengthen consumer protection by harmonising the national upper limits on pesticide residues (RUL) in...

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