EU considers lifting BSE feed ban
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The European Commission funds research on whether to lift its ban on feeding animal remains to livestock.
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The outbreak of deadly bird flu in Asia spurred the EU on Monday to check Europe's preparedness for the spread of a disease that scientists warn may become pandemic.
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The European Union decided on Tuesday to lift all remaining restrictions on the export of British meat, signalling the all-clear after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
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Animals from all parts of the UK can be exported live to EU countries, after the last foot-and-mouth controls ended.
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SINGAPORE hopes to decide by the end of the month when the ban on poultry imports from Johor and Malacca will be lifted. This was revealed even as fresh cases of bird flu were found yesterday
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BRUSSELS : European Union (EU) officials agreed in principle to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy. Italy has for several months been pressing its EU counterparts to lift the embargo imposed
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Europe's food watchdog is to assess whether meat and dairy products from cloned animals are safe to eat.
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Europe's food and drink industry must step up its fight against obesity over the next three years or face new regulations, a spokesman for the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday.
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The Food Standards Agency says it is probing whether bird flu-infected meat could have got into the food chain.
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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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Meat and milk from cloned animals  moved a step closer to European Union supermarket shelves on  Friday after the bloc's top food safety agency said cloned food  products are safe to eat.
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PARMA, Italy  - The European Union's food safety  watchdog may start checking whether food manufacturers are  telling the truth when they claim food is "low fat" or "high in  vitamins," the agency's head said on Monday.
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The European Commission is urged to relax rules on using animal carcasses in farm feed.
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Scientists are preparing to monitor the increasing number of patients undergoing an unproven surgical treatment for the human form of BSE, but will not include them in official trials without more evidence of its potential and government approval.
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The European Union and Japan have lifted import bans on Canadian poultry that were imposed after an outbreak of bird flu in the western province of British Columbia, officials said on Friday.
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The European Union announced yesterday that it is discussing lifting the sanctions partially from Libya and added it inclined towards alleviating the weapons embargo to this country.
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The European Union sought on Wednesday to boost tight cereals supplies with a proposal to suspend import duties and freeze a requirement for farmers to keep land fallow.