Brussels, 26/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - At first reading on Wednesday 25 March in Strasbourg, the European Parliament was generally in favour of the proposal for a regulation dated January 2008 aimed at revising European legislation on novelty foods and ingredients to facilitate marketing via simplified authorisation and assessment procedures, and at encouraging innovation (EUROPE 9579) - but not at any cost!
Following their rapporteur, Kartika Tamara Liotard (GUE/NGL, NL), MEPs were largely...