Paris and Brussels debate yoghurt and margarine

On the eve of the European Council on the 27 June 2014, the French national food safety agency found nothing to prove that food containing high levels of phytosterol prevents heart disease, contradicting the European food safety regulation and thus creating yet another dispute between France and the European Union.

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ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 26-27 June 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-26-27-june-2014/

ESO: Background information: Europe's number one killer still needs attention, experts say http://www.europeansources.info/record/europes-number-one-killer-still-needs-attention-experts-say/

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