EU urged to relax farm feed rules
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The European Commission is urged to lift the ban on using animal remains in farm feed.
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An environmental action group urged  the European Union on Tuesday to boost testing on chemicals and  halt pollution in the Baltic Sea because the fish there are so  toxic.
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EU ministers ended 18 months of squabbling on Tuesday over new rules for organic farming and came up with a labelling system that will tell consumers exactly what they are buying on the supermarket shelves.
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It's time for Europe to reassess its skepticism towards genetically modified (GMO) foods and trust scientists who have deemed them safe -- or risk more international lawsuits, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
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Products claiming to be superfoods will be banned under new EU rules coming into effect on 1 July.
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Crop farmers are calling for the early release of EU subsidies to help them overcome damage to their harvests.
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The European Union&#039;s chief agricultural trade negotiator has urged Washington to make new concessions on subsidies to US farmers, saying the move was crucial to reviving stalled talks on liberalising global commerce.
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BRUSSELS, Oct 20 (IPS) - African and European civil society groups are  urging European citizens to put pressure on their governments to  halt regional trade agreements between the European Union and  developing countries.
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EU scientists on Monday called on the elderly to improve their diet as the European Union's population grows older in an attempt to contain such debilitating problems like Alzheimer's, osteoporosis and colon cancer.
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The European Commission said Monday it would propose tighter restrictions on biofuels next week amid mounting concerns that the energy source can cause unintended environmental and social problems.
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The EU backs plans to ease global grain shortages by telling farmers they no longer need to leave land fallow.
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It&#39;s time for Europe to reassess its  skepticism towards genetically modified (GMO) foods and trust  scientists who have deemed them safe -- or risk more  international lawsuits, the EU trade chief said on Thursday.
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MADRID, Spain - Spain plans to impose stricter rules on production of a staple of the national diet and increasingly popular export - ham from free-range pigs that feed on acorns and herbs - in order to weed out stable-bound impostors, a newspaper said Sunday.
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Experts are calling for fertility treatment rules to be harmonised across the EU to deter couples travelling for care.
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The European Union executive asked the World Trade Organization on Monday to rule that it was illegal for the United States and Canada to retain sanctions on EU exports to counter the bloc&#39;s ban on hormone-treated beef.
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The EU Commission hopes for a vaccine next year to protect farms against the bluetongue strain moving northwards through Europe, and is planning rule changes to help, a spokesman said Monday.
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The chancellor, Gordon Brown, today urged the European commission to clamp down on EU states that bend the rules on the allocation of government contracts.