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• 23 December 1998 ADDITIVES - Flavouring Substances used or intended for use in or on Foodstuffs
• 22 December 1998 PARNUTS - Draft Commission Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes
• 22 December 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Draft Commission Directives On Pesticide Residues In Baby Foods And Infant Formulae
• 21 December 1998 ADDITIVES - Food Additives from Genetically Modified Organisms.
• 17 December 1998 HEALTH - Import Controls for Fruit and Vegetables from East Africa
• 15 December 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Levels
• 12 December 1998 HEALTH - Import Controls for Aquaculture and Fishery Products
• 9 December 1998 ADDITIVES - Purity Criteria for Additives
• 9 December 1998 FOOD IRRADIATION - Conciliation clinches long-awaited food irradiation law
• 9 December 1998 COFFEE - EP Conciliation agrees text to make coffee law simple
• 9 December 1998 EGGS - New protection standards for laying hens (and labelling requirements)
• 8 December 1998 HEALTH - Import Controls for Fishery Products from Mexico
• 7 December 1998 PRODUCT LIABILITY - Liability For Defective Products - Extension To Primary Agricultural Products
• 2 December 1998 ADMINISTRATION / BEEF - BSE Conference welcomes EP/Commission collaboration
• 1 December 1998 LABELLING - Application for Registration of Certificate of Specific Character
• 28 November 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Maximum Residue Limits for Veterinary Medicinal Products in Foodstuffs
• 26 November 1998 BEEF - UK Beef Export Ban Lifted
• 26 November 1998 LABELLING - Addition to the Register of Certificates of Specific Character
• 26 November 1998 HEALTH - Health Controls on Imported Aquaculture Products from Estonia
• 25 November 1998 SPREADABLE FATS - Verification of Fat Content
• 24 November 1998 COFFEE - Directive on Coffee/Chicory Extracts
• 24 November 1998 CONTAMINANTS - First Common Data on Pesticide Residues in Fruit and Vegetables
• 24 November 1998 HYGIENE - Imports of Meat Proudcts - Mexico
• 23 November 1998 BEEF - Ban on British Beef is Lifted
• 18 November 1998 BEEF - Commission submits second BSE follow-up report
• 18 November 1998 HYGIENE - Amendment to Import Controls on Certain Game Meat and Rabbit Meat
• 11 November 1998 LABELLING - Applications for Registration of Protected Designation of Origin / Geographical Indication
• 11 November 1998 BEEF - Commission proposes UK Date Based Export Scheme
• 9 November 1998 EU/USA RELATIONS - Transatlantic Economic Partnership
• 9 November 1998 CHOCOLATE - Cocoa and Chocolate Products Intended for Human Consumption
• 6 November 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Pesticide Residues in Baby Foods
• 5 November 1998 BEEF - Lifting of Beef Ban in Sight?
• 5 November 1998 HYGIENE - Amendment to Import Controls on Animal Products
• 4 November 1998 BEEF - Minister Welcomes Progress on Lifting Beef Ban
• 30 October 1998 LABELLING - Labelling of Genetically Modified Additives and Flavourings
• 30 October 1998 LABELLING - Inspection Bodies for Protected Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin
• 29 October 1998 PESTICIDES - Amendment to Maximum Pesticide Levels
• 21 October 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Levels
• 15 October 1998 FOOD IRRADIATION - Conciliation procedure on food irradiation to be continued
• 14 October 1998 HYGIENE - Controls on Imported Fishery Products, Live Bivalve Molluscs, etc
• 14 October 1998 PESTICIDES - Commission Proposes Very Stringent Rules on Pesticide Residues in Baby Foods
• 7 October 1998 LABELLING - Protected Designation of Origin - New Listing
• 7 October 1998 SPIRIT DRINKS - Protection given to Spririt Drink
• 6 October 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Levels
• 2 October 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Maximum Levels for Nitrate in Lettuce and Spinach
• 2 October 1998 ADDITIVES - Amendment to Food Additives’ Directive
• 1 October 1998 LABELLING - Protected Designation of Origin - New Listing
• 1 October 1998 HYGIENE - Imports of Rabbit Meat and Farmed Game Meat - Extension of Time Limit
• 19 September 1998 ADDITIVES - Amendment to the Purity Criteria for Sweeteners
• 10 September 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Level
• 1 September 1998 FOOD SAFETY - Europe-Wide Alert over Italian Vegetables
• 14 August 1998 LABELLING - Quantitative Ingredient Declarations (“QUID”)
• 10 August 1998 PARNUTS - Draft Commission Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes
• 23 July 1998 ORIGIN MARKING - Commission approves an EU symbol for designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs
• 20 July 1998 ORIGIN MARKING - Commission approves the registration of an eighth list of agricultural and food products
• 4 July 1998 HEALTH AND HYGIENE - Fishery and Aquaculture Decisions
• 3 July 1998 ADMINISTRATION - Trade barriers: infringement proceedings against Netherlands, France, Greece, Italy and Austria
• 3 July 1998 ORIGIN MARKING - Applications for Registration of Protected Designation of Origin
• 1 July 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted levels
• 30 June 1998 COMPOSITION - Coffee and Coffee Extracts Common Position
• 27 June 1998 ORIGIN MARKING - Applications for Registration of Protected Designation of Origin
• 10 June 1998 BEEF - Commission proposes further amendment to UK beef export ban
• 9 June 1998 ADDITIVES - Flavourings - EC Developments
• 3 June 1998 POULTRYMEAT - Amendments to EC controls
• 28 May 1998 NOVEL FOODS - EC Regulation on Labelling of Genetically Modified Soya and Maize
• 27 May 1998 BEEF - UK Beef Could be Back on World Markets
• 27 May 1998 BEEF - Export of Beef from Northern Ireland can Recommence from 1 June
• 18 May 1998 - COMPOSITION - Cocoa and Chocolate Products Intended for Human Consumption
• 14 May 1998 ADDITIVES - Proposed Amendment to the Flavouring Directive (88/388/EEC)
• 5 May 1998 BSE - Judgement of the Court (Case C-180/96),
• 5 May 1998 COMPOSITION - Coffee extracts and chicory extracts - Health Council Meeting 30 April 1998
• 1 May 1998 NOVEL FOODS - EC Regulation on Labelling of Genetically Modified
• 27 April 1998 PARNUTS - Draft Commission Directive on Foods for Special Medical Purposes
• 23 April 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Levels
• 16 April 1998 NOVEL FOODS - Committee fails to deliver opinion on Austria's and Luxembourg's bans on genetically modified maize
• 16 April 1998 ADMINISTRATION - Barriers to trade: infringement proceedings against France
• 3 April 1998 PARNUTS - Commission Directive amending Directive 96/5/EC on Processed Cereal-Based Foods and Baby Foods for Infants and Young Children
• 3 April 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Levels
• April 1998 HEALTH - Cholera in East Africa
• 31 March 1998 BEEF - Britain Leads the Way on Beef Labelling
• 26 March 1998 ADDITIVES - Environment Council Minutes, Meeting on 23 March
• 26 March 1998 ADDITIVES - Progress on Amendments to ‘Miscellaneous Additives’ Directive
• 26 March 1998 BEEF / ADMINISTRATION / MEAT - Agriculture Council Minutes, Meeting 16/17 March
• 23 March 1998 ORIGIN MAKING - European Commission approves the registration of a seventh list of agricultural and food products
• 20 March 1998 PARNUTS - General Affairs Council Minutes, Meeting 23 February
• 20 March 1998 NOVEL FOODS - Proposed European Council Regulation on Labelling of GM Soya and Maize
• 19 March 1998 NOVEL FOODS - Committee Approves Commission Proposals for the Placing on the Market of 4 GMO Products
• 17 March 1998 LABELLING - Labelling of Allergens and Removal of the “25% Rule”
• 17 March 1998 LABELLING - Quantitative Ingredient Declarations (“QUID”): Guidance Notes
• 16 March 1998 BEEF - Ban on Northern Ireland Beef Exports is Lifted
• 13 March 1998 HORMONES / WTO - WTO Dispute Settlement Body meeting : EU states its intention on hormones
• March 1998 NOVEL FOODS - Labelling of Genetically Modified Soya and Maize
• 4 March 1998 BEEF - Good Progress on Beef Exports
• 4 March 1998 BEEF - Proposals relating to beef exports and Specified Risk Material to be sent to Council
• 25 February 1998 BEEF - Cunningham Responds to EU Proposals
• 25 February 1998 BEEF - The European Commission endorses proposals on specified risk material and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy surveillance
• 6 February 1998 COMPOSITIONAL CONTROLS / ADDITIVES / GREEN PAPER - Internal Market Council Minutes, Meeting 27 November 1997
• 22 January 1998 NOVEL FOODS - Proposed European Commission Regulation on Labelling of GM Soya and Maize
• 22 January 1998 CONTAMINANTS - Mycotoxins - EC Permitted Levels
• 21 January 1998 ORIGIN MARKING - European Commission approves the registration of a sixth list of agricultural and food products
• January 1998 HORMONES / WTO - WTO judgement on EU ban just one step in a long process - Consumer protection will be upheld!
• 16 January 1998 HORMONES / WTO - WTO ruling on EU hormone ban is a victory for Europan consumers
• 14 January 1998 BEEF - Commission proposes amendments to UK beef export ban
• 14 January 1998 BEEF - Cunningham Welcomes First Major Step Towards Lifting Beef Export Ban
• 7 January 1998 ADMINISTRATION - Barriers to Trade: Infringement Proceedings against France
• 5 January 1998 NOVEL FOODS - Proposed European Commission Regulation on Labelling of GM Soya and Maize