The Commission has postponed adoption of its long-awaited White Paper on food safety until next month

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Series Details 16/12/99, Volume 5, Number 46
Publication Date 16/12/1999
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Date: 16/12/1999

The delay was announced as Union scientists called for an independent EU food safety agency to coordinate scientific advice and develop an effective system for monitoring public health, but stopped short of recommending that it be given wide-ranging powers similar to those wielded by the US Food and Drug Adminstration.

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