Brussels, 05/01/2009 (Agence Europe) - Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Androulla Vassiliou has welcomed the EU ban on imports, exports and trade in cat and dog fur which came into force on 1 January 2009 (see EUROPE 9551). “European consumers can be confident that they will no longer be at risk of inadvertently purchasing products containing cat or dog fur,” she says in a press release. The Commission had proposed such a ban in November 2006, in particular because differences...