Brussels, 17/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - As previously announced (see EUROPE 9734), the European Commission, on Wednesday 17 September, adopted a proposal amending the food distribution programme to the EU's most deprived. The proposal aims to increase the programme budget, extend the range of products which can be provided and make it easier to purchase food on the open market, after the virtual disappearance of intervention stocks.
Since it was set up in 1987, the Community food...