With food safety a major priority in Europe, some third countries
are concerned that issues like organic, dioxin and GM foods could
become barriers to trade, according to CORDIS.
Helping European food scientists keep abreast of developments in
food research the European Commission has created easy access to a
range of ongoing food quality and safety projects in the EU-25.
A new project funded under the EU food quality programme will, for
the first time, unite medical and veterinary expertise in the fight
against zoonoses, report CORDIS. Findings from the research could
lead to savings for the food...
The European Parliament adopted an own initiative report on 11
February, calling on the Commission to focus more on the
sustainability of agriculture in the Sixth and Seventh Framework
Programmes, and not technology for food production,...