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MEPs want to end 'protein deficit' for EU livestock - 10 March 2011 - News

The European Parliament has called for current trade agreements on oilseed and protein crops to be reassessed in a drive to put to an end the EU's dependency on imports for feeding its livestock.

EU experts approve trace GM in feed imports: Official - 23 February 2011 - News

An EU committee voted yesterday (22 February) to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in animal feed imports, the European Commission said, in a bid to secure grain supplies to the import-dependent bloc.

EU farm chief pushes for biotech feed rules - 15 September 2009 - News

EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel yesterday (14 September) urged member states to draw up rules by the end of 2009 to restore soybean imports from the United States and secure adequate supplies of animal feed, despite a zero-tolerance policy towards unapproved genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) in imported products.

EU to lift 10-year old ban on UK beef - 09 March 2006 - News

The EU's veterinary experts have given the green light to lift the ban on UK exports of live cattle, beef and beef products. The ban, imposed as a result of 'mad cow disease', has been in force since March 1996.

Three EU countries react fast after discovering dioxin-contaminated feed - 05 November 2004 - News

The Dutch, Belgian and German farm ministries have sealed off farms after discovering cancer-causing dioxin in animal feed. The issue will be discussed by the Commission to ensure the feed is not exported to further countries.

EP and Council reach agreement on labelling of animal feed - 12 October 2001 - News

The European Parliament and the Council reached an agreement on 10 October after conciliation talks on new rules for labelling the ingredients of compound animal feed.

Parliament backs hormones ban proposal - 02 February 2001 - News

European Parliament supports Commission's proposal to maintain ban on six hormones used as growth promoters in cattle

NGOs demand labelling of GMOs in animal feed - 30 January 2001 - News

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth urge swift EU action on labelling of GMOs in animal feed

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