17-18 December 2001 CONTAMINANTS - (1) Sampling and methods of analysis for dioxins, (2) Heavy metals, (3) Nitrates, (4) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in olive-residue oil, and (5) 3-MCPD in foodstuffs
17-18 December 2001 PACKAGING - (1) Draft Commission Directive relating to plastics, and (2) Use of certain epoxy derivatives
17-18 December 2001 PARNUTS - Use of Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and Galactooligosaccharides (GOS) in infant formulae and follow-on formulae
13 December 2001 BEEF - UK Government Welcomes European Court's Judgement that the French Ban on British Beef is Illegal
13 December 2001 BEEF - Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-1/00 - Commission v France
12 December 2001 CODEX - EC accession to the Codex Alimentarius Commission
11 December 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Strong backing from MEPs for 'European Food Safety Authority'
11 December 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - European Food Safety Authority - Prodi and Byrne welcome constructive EP position : Final agreement very close
6 December 2001 CHOCOLATE - Products Labelled "Chocolate" do not Necessarily have Cocoa Butter as the Sole Vegetable Fat Ingredient
6 December 2001 BEEF - Judgment in case C-1/00 Commission of the European Communities v France on 13 December 2001
29 November 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Dioxin in Food Byrne welcomes adoption by Council of dioxin limits in food
26 November 2001 LABELLING - Stricter Labelling Requirements for Sausages and Preserved Meat Products
22 November 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Strong backing from MEPs for 'European Food Safety Authority'
20 November 2001 ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS - Common Position on Animal By-products Regulation Agreed
14 November 2001 EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Preparation of the Health Council on 15 November 2001
8 November 2001 NOVEL FOODS: Noni Juice and related products
26 October 2001 GM FOODS - Preparation of Environment Council, Luxembourg, 29 October 2001
25 October 2001 INFANT FORMULAE - Fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) and Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) in infant formulae and follow-on formulae
25 October 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in olive residue oil
25 October 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Discussions concerning PCBs in foodstuffs, aflatoxins in raw cereals, heavy metals, 3-MCPD, nitrates in lettuce and spinach, musks and Brominated flame retardants (BFRs)
25 October 2001 HYGIENE - Updating of the Community list of guides to good hygiene practices
25 October 2001 ENFORCEMENT - Discussion on the co-ordinated programme for 2002
25 October 2001 FLAVOURINGS - Register of flavourings - further discussions
25 October 2001 CONTAMINANTS - The Commission adopts strategy to reduce dioxins and PCBs in environment, feed and food
24 October 2001 BSE / FOOD POISONING / GM FOODS - Outcome of the Agriculture Council, 23 October 2001
9 October 2001 ORIGIN MARKING - Opinion of Advocate General Léger in Case C-66/00 Criminal proceedings against Dante Bigi
1 October 2001 ADDITIVES - Dietary Food Additive Intake in the European Union
28 September 2001 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - EC Directives Relating to Honey, Sugars and Fruit Jams, Jellies and Marmalades and Sweetened Chestnut Puree
28 September 2001 PARNUTS / FOOD LAW / GM FOODS - Results of the Internal Market/Consumer Affairs/Tourism Council, 27th September 2001
27 September 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - General Food Law and the European Food Authority: Speech by David BYRNE to the Internal Market, Consumer Affairs, Tourism Council
27 September 2001 PARNUTS - Safety of food supplements - Commissioner Byrne welcomes political agreement in Council
26 September 2001 LABELLING - Labelling of Foods Containing Caffeine and Quinine
26 September 2001 PARNUTS / FOOD LAW / GM FOODS - Preparation of the Internal Market/Consumer Affairs/Tourism Council - Brussels, 27 September 2001
25 September 2001 LABELLING - WTO and Agriculture : EU wants WTO to Tackle Pirating Names of Quality Food
20 September 2001 BSE - UK Government Welcomes Advocate General's Opinion on the French Ban on British Beef
20 September 2001 BSE - Advocate General Jean Mischo Delivers His Opinion on the Lifting of the Ban on British Meat (Case C-1/00)
18 September 2001 GM FOODS - Byrne and Fischler call for political leadership on GMOs
6 Septembr 2001 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Proposal for Council Directives Relating to Sugars, Honey, Fruit Juice, Preserved Milk and Jam for Human Consumption
6 September 2001 LABELLING - Commission Proposes a Complete Listing of Food Ingredients and Allergens
6 September 2001 LABELLING - Proposal for EU Legislation on Labelling of Foods Containing Caffeine and Quinine
29 August 2001 IRRADIATION - Communication from the Commission on Foods and Food Ingredients Authorised for Treatment with Ionising Radiation in the Community
28 August 2001 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Proposal for Council Directives Relating to Sugars, Honey, Fruit Juice, Preserved Milk and Jam for Human Consumption
23 August 2001 FOOD LAW/ EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Proposed EP/Council Regulation Laying Down the General Principles and Requirements of Food Law, Establishing the European Food Authority, and Laying Down Procedures in Matters of Food Safety
21 August 2001 HYGIENE - Second Summary of Progress on the Consolidation and Simplification of Food Hygiene Legislation
21 August 2001 LABELLING - New European Meat Definition for Labelling
14 August 2001 RESIDUES - Commission Proposals to Prohibit Certain Pesticides in Raw Agricultural Products Used to Manufacture Infant Formula, Follow-on Formula and Baby Foods
9 August 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Update on Chloropropanols
8 August 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins: EC Permitted Levels
7 August 2001 NUTS - 48th Session of the Meeting of Experts on Standardisaton of Dry and Dried Produce (Fruit)
1 August 2001 FOOD POISONING - Zoonoses : Commission Puts Forward Proposals to Combat Food-Borne Diseases Like Salmonella or E. Coli
27 July 2001 ADMINISTRATION - Free movement of goods Commission pursues infringement proceedings against Italy and Greece
27 July 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Commission Proposes a Revised Approach Towards the Evaluation of Pesticides Safety
27 July 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Commission Publishes Results of Pesticide Monitoring Programme 1999
26th July 200 CONTAMINANTS - Draft Commission Regulation Setting Maximum Levels for Dioxins in Food
26 July 2001 ADDITIVES - Second Amendment to Commission Directive 95/45/EC Laying Down Specific Purity Criteria Concerning Colours for Use in Foodstuffs
25 July 2001 BSE - Export Restrictions of Portuguese Beef Gradually Lifted from 1 August Onwards
25 July 2001 GM FOODS - Commission Improves Rules on Labelling and Tracing of GMOs in Europe to Enable Freedom of Choice and Ensure Environmental Safety
24 July 2001 PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE - WTO and agriculture: "No disguised protectionism via precautionary principle", says EU
20 July 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Commission Proposes Strategy to Reduce Dioxin in Food and Feed
19 - 20 July 2001 CHOCOLATE - Discussions at the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs
19 - 20 July 2001 HYGIENE - Discussions at the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs
19 - 20 July 2001 ENFORCEMENT - Coordinated programmes for official control of foodstuffs
19 - 20 July 2001 ADDITIVES - Exchange of views on the conclusions of the Working Group on Food Additives
19 - 20 July 2001 LABELLING - Definition of Meat for Labelling Purposes
19 - 20 July 2001 NOVEL FOODS - Opinion on a draft Commission Decision authorising the placing on the market of Trehalose
19 - 20 July 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Discussions at the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs on Various Issues
19 July 2001 LABELLING - Stricter labelling requirements for sausages and preserved meat products
17 July 2001 PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE - G7/G8 Genoa Summit
16 July 2001 CONTAIMINANTS - Consultation on The European Commission's Proposal to Introduce Legislation Controlling Radioactivity in Foodstuffs
11 July 2001 GM FOODS - Developments on Commission Proposals on Traceability and labelling of GMOs and food and feed products derived from them, and on genetically modified food and feed
4 July 2001 PACKAGING - Council of Europe Concept on Safety Evaluation of Food Contact Materials
2 July 2001 GMOs - Messages from citizens on GMO legislation
2 July 2001 ADMINISTRATION - Priorities for Health and Consumer Protection during the Belgian Presidency
29 June 2001 CONTAMINANTS - European Commission Working Document on Dioxins in Animal Feedingstuffs - Latest Proposals
29 June 2001 LABELLING / FISH - Labelling of Fish and Fish Products
28 June 2001 FOOD LAW/ EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - European Food Authority: Political agreement in Council
28 June 200 PACKAGING - Food Contact Materials: Two New Directives
28 June 2001 FOOD LAW/EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY/BEER - Transport / Telecommunications Council Meeting, 27/28 June 2001
25 June 2001 PRODUCT SAFETY - Parliament/Council Conciliation Committee - Agreements on General Product Safety
19 June 2001 COMPOSITIONAL STANDARDS - Enjoy your breakfast, says Environment Committee
19 June 2001 FEED / CONTAMINANTS - Adoption of rapid alert system for feed - Agreement on undesirable substances in feed
19 June 2001 BSE - Common Position on Animal By-Products Regulation Agreed: MBM Ban Will be Prolonged
15 June 2001 CONTAMINANTS - EC Regulation 466/2001- Limits for 3-monochloroprapane-1,2diol (3-MCPD)
15 June 2001 FOOD LAW/ EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Göteborg European Council : Presidency Conclusions
14-15 June 2001 GM FOODS - Standing Committee on Foodstuffs - Exchange of views on new information on molecular data of "Roundup Ready" soybean
14-15 June 2001 ADDITIVES - Discussions at the Standing Committee on Foodstuffs - Exchange of views on Beta-Carotene used in foods
14-15 June 2001 PARNUTS - Standing Committee on Foodstuffs - Exchange of views on a letter from the Greek authorities concerning "Toddler's Milk"
14-15 June 2001 NATURAL MINERAL WATER - Standing Committee on Foodstuffs - Limits for the levels and the labelling of constituents of natural mineral waters and conditions of use of the treatment with ozone
14-15 June 2001 LABELLING - Opinion on a Draft Commission Directive amending Annex I to Directive 2000/13/EC
14-15 June 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Standing Committee for Foodstuffs - Dioxins and aflatoxins
14-15 June 2001 PACKAGING - Discussions at the Standing Committee for Foodstuffs - Plastics and epoxy derivatives
13 June 2001 BSE - Hearing in Case C-1/00: Commission of the European Communities v France
13 June 2001 BSE - Latest EU BSE Test Figures Are Encouraging
12 June 2001 FOOD LAW/ EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Byrne welcomes adoption of European Parliament report on establishment of European Food Authority
12 June 2001 BSE - Commission toughens measures against Transmissible Spogniform Encepalopathies
12 June 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Support for Food Safety Authority
8 June 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Food Authority Proposal Attracts 200 Amendments
6 June 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Infringement Procedure. European Commission v. Belgium: Foodstuffs Contaminated by Dioxin
5 June 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE - Results of the Standing Veterinary Committee
4 June 2001 PARNUTS - Proposed Directive on Food Supplements
30-31 May 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Council Minutes - 2351st Council meeting: Internal Market / Consumer Affairs / Tourism
29 May 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Environment Committee and Commission at odds over food law and EU Food Authority
29 May 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Proposed Council/EP Regulation Laying Down General Principles of Food Law and Establishing the European Food Authority (EFA)
23 May 2001 LABELLING - Discssuion Paper on Nutrition Claims and Functional Claims
22 May 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins: EC Permitted Levels
22 May 2001 HYGIENE - Hygiene of Foodstuffs and Specific Hygiene Rules for Food of Animal Origin
17 May 2001 PARNUTS - Commission Directive 2001/15/EC of 15 February 2001 on Substances That May be Added for Specific Nutritional Purposes in Foods for Particular Nutritional Uses
16 May 2001 BSE - Scientists publish risk assessments for Costa Rica, Kenya, Slovenia and Romania
7 May 2001 EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Preparations for setting up the EFA Advisory Forum launched in Brussels
3 May 2001 BSE: Byrne welcomes EP adoption of legislation setting out a comprehensive framework for combating BSE
25 April 2001 WINE - Commission agrees rules to permit marketing of Canadian "Icewine"
24 April 2001 BSE / FOOD LAW - 2343rd Council meeting - AGRICULTURE
20 April 2001 BSE - Commission working paper proposing to prolong MBM-ban
17 April 2001 GMOs - GMO Deliberate Release Directive Published
12 April 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Proposed Council/EP Regulation Laying Down General Principles of Food Law and Establishing the European Food Authority (EFA)
5 April 2001 NOVEL FOODS - Application under EC Regulation 258/97 - Coagulated Potato Proteins and Hydrolysates thereof
3 April 2001 EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Budgetary guidelines 2002 - Food Safety and CAP reform a priority
2-3 April 2001 LABELLING - Discussion of the Definition of 'Meat' for Labelling Purposes
2-3 April 2001 NOVEL FOODS - Opinion on a Draft Commission decision on authorising the placing on the market of pasteurised fruit-based preparations produced using high-pressure pasteurisation as a novel food ingredient
2-3 April 2001 COFFEE - Opinion of the Committee on a draft Commission Directive repealing Directive 79/1066/EEC laying down Community methods of analysis
2-3 April 2001 CHOCOLATE - Interpreation of new Labelling Requirements
2-3 April 2001 ADDITIVES - Opinions on Draft Commission Directives relating to Purity Criteria
2-3 April 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Discussions Concerning Levels of Dioxins and Furans
2-3 April 2001 CONTAMINATS - Standing Committee Discussion of Various Issues Relating to Mycotoxins
2 April 2001 BSE - Scientists publish geographical BSE risk assessment for thirteen third countries
30 March 2001 EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY / HYGIENE - Food safety: the EU must focus on results and preventive measures, says European ESC
30 March 2001 PARNUTS - Proposed Directive on Food Supplements (2000/0080/COD) -Amended Proposal
29 March 2001 CONTAMINANTS - European Commission Working Documents on Dioxins in Food
28 March 2001 EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Proposed Council/EP Regulation Laying Down General Principles of Food Law and Establishing the European Food Authority (EFA)
28 March 2001 CONTAMINANTS - European Commission Regulation (EC) No 466/2001 Setting Maximum Levels for Certain Contaminants in Foodstuffs
24 March 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH / BSE / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Stockholm European Council - 23 And 24 March 2001
22 March 2001 VITAMINS - Free Movement of Goods: Commission Tackles Obstacle in Denmark
22 March 2001 FOOT AND MOUTH - Foot-and-mouth disease in Ireland
22 March 2001 BSE - BSE in the Republic of Ireland and the UK Consumer
21 March 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH - Foot-and-mouth disease in the Netherlands
20 March 2001 BSE - Commission Adopts Exemption for Some Third Countries to Remove Specified Risk Materials
14 March 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH - Statement on Foot-and-Mouth Disease by Commissioner David Byrne at the Plenary Session of the European Parliament
14 March 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH - EU Suspends Imports of Fresh Meat from Argentina
13 March 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH - Foot-and-mouth disease in France
12 March 2001 EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY / GM FOODS - Council Meeting: Internal Market/Consumer Affairs/Tourism
12 March 2001 BSE - Breach of BSE Controls in Imported Spanish Beef
11 March 2001 HYGIENE - Summary of Progress on the Consolidation and Simplification of EU Food Hygiene Legislation
9 March 2001 PARNUTS - Proposed Directive on Food Supplements
7 March 2001 ADDITIVES - Amendment to Directive 96/77/EC Laying Down Specific Purity Criteria on Food Additives Other Than Colours and Sweeteners
7 March 2001 BSE - Commission proposal to gradually lift restrictions on export of Portuguese beef backed by the Standing Veterinary Committee
6 March 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins -EC Permitted Levels
6 March 2001 LABELLING - Labelling of Foods Containing Caffeine And Quinine
6 March 2001 BSE - Licences of Two German Abattoirs Suspended After Breaches of BSE Controls
5 March 2001 QUALITY - Fischler and Byrne launch broad debate on food quality, safety and production
29 February 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH / GM FOODS - Commissioner Byrne meets US Administration
27 February 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH - Foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
22 February 2001 PARNUTS - Proposed Directive on Food Supplements
21 February 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Proposed Council/EP Regulation Laying Down General Principles of Food Law and Establishing the European Food Authority (EFA)
21 February 2001 FOOT-AND-MOUTH - Foot-and-mouth disease in the United Kingdom
16 February 2001 GMOs - Commission welcomes the adoption of new rules for GMOs
15 February 2001 CHOCOLATE - Information of the Committee on a request for an interpretation of Directive 2000/36/EEC
15 February 2001 COFFEE - Opinion on a Draft Commission Directive repealing Directive 79/1066/EEC laying down Community methods of analysis for testing coffee extracts and chicory extracts
15 February 2001 LABELLING - Opinion on a Commission Decision concerning a Draft regulation from the Dutch authorities relative to the labelling of poultry meat
15 February 2001 ADMINISTRATION - Co-ordinated programme for the official control of foodstuffs for 2001
15 February 2001 ADDITIVES - Opinion on a draft Commission Directive amending Commission directive 96/77/EC laying down specific purity criteria on food additives other than colours and sweeteners
15 February 2001 IRRADIATION - Matters arising from Directive 1999/2/EC concerning foods and food ingredients treated with ionising radiation.
15 February 2001 CONTAMINANTS - Maximum Limits For Certain Contaminants
14 February 2001 PARNUTS - Report on food supplements: approximation of the laws of the Member States
14 February 2001 GMOs - Controls on planned release into the environment of GMOs
7 February 2001 BSE - Commission approves further protection measures against BSE
1 February 2001 BSE - Progress report on anti-BSE measures taken by the Community and Member States
1 February 2001 HORMONES - The precautionary principle - no to cattle growth promoters
January 2001 ADDITIVES - 3rd Amendment to Directive 95/2/EC on Food Additives other than Colours and Sweeteners
31 January 2001 REGULATORY COMMITTEE - Standing Committee on Foodstuffs: Agenda of the 80th meeting - Brussels, 15-16 February 2001
31 January 2001 HORMONES - The precautionary principle - no to cattle growth promoters
30 January 2001 PARNUTS - Commission Directive on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses
30 January 2001 BSE - Outcome of the Agriculture Council, 29 January 2001 - Follow-up of Scientific Opinion of 12 January
25 January 2001 PARNUTS - Stricter rules for food supplements
23 January 2001 PARNUTS - Proposed Directive On Food Supplements
23 January 2001 BSE - Latest developments in relation to BSE
19 January 2001 ADDITIVES - Directive on food additives other than colours and sweeteners
17 January 2001 BSE - Scientific Steering Committee publishes replies to safety questions
16 January 2001 FOOD LAW / EUROPEAN FOOD AUTHORITY - Proposed Council/EP Regulation Laying Down General Principles of Food Law and Establishing the European Food Authority (EFA)
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