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29-Apr-02		Scientific Committee on Plants Minutes of the Thirthy second meeting - Brussels, 31 January 2002 (36KB)
26-Apr-02		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition Opinion on AlCare ^TM (170KB)
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition Report on Semduramicin Sodium in feedingstuffs for chickens for fattening (437KB)
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition Opinion on the criteria for assessing micro-organisms resistant to antibiotics (285KB) updated
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition 141th SCAN meeting - 05-06 February 2002 (159KB)
		Safety of Food Products Food additives and Flavourings updated
24-Apr-02		Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health Summary record of the SCVPH Plenary Meeting of 30-31 January 2002 (approved on 10 April 2002) (130KB)
		Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare Summary record of the meeting of the Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare held on 05 February 2002 in Brussels, adopted 16 April 2002 (186KB)
23-Apr-02		Press release Growth promoting hormones pose health risk to consumers, confirms EU Scientific Committee , 23 April 2002
		Special Topics Hormones in meat updated
		Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health Opinion: Review of previous SCVPH opinions of 30 April 1999 and 3 May 2000 on the potential risks to human health from hormone residues in bovine meat and meat products (adopted on 10 April 2002) (368KB)
		Standing Committee on Plant Health Agenda : meeting of Monday 29 and Tuesday 30 April 2002 (10KB)
		Plant Health / Pesticides Safety Harmful organisms: Questions and Answers on Temporary Emergency Measures for NMWP originating in Canada, China, Japan and the USA (132KB) last updated 08 April 2002
		Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare Report on Avian Chlamydiosis as a Zoonotic Disease and Risk Reduction Strategies (adopted on 16 April 2002) (218KB)
19-Apr-02		Press release Préparation du Conseil Agriculture d'avril 2002, 19 avril 2002
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in Bulgaria from 10/12/01 to 14/12/01 in order to assess the operation of animal health and public health controls in respect of the export of animals and animal products to the E.U. (3377/2001)
		Veterinary Inspections Rapport final dune mission réalisée au Luxembourg du 1er au 5 octobre 2001 afin dévaluer les opérations de contrôle concernant la production et la mise sur le marché de viandes fraîches porcines, de viandes hachées et préparations de viandes, de produits à base de viande (Directives du Conseil 64/433/CEE, 77/96/CEE, 77/99/CEE et 94/65/CEE) (3357/2001)
18-Apr-02		Animal Welfare The Health and Consumer Protection Directorate General today publishes updated web pages on Animal Welfare in three languages Together with the update of these pages we intended to make them more user-friendly by providing a clear presentation and overview of the Commissions activities in this field. Youll find two main sections, general issues, such as pages on policy objectives or on the scientific background of the Commission's measures, and second specific issues, explaining the legislation specific to farming, transport or slaughter issues and the animals concerned. A table listing the relevant legislation in 11 languages completes the pages.
17-Apr-02		Scientific Committee on Plants Draft agenda of the 33rd plenary meeting, Brussels, 24 April 2002 (22KB)
16-Apr-02		Standing Committee for Animal Nutrition Short report of the meeting held on 20 March 2002 - Pesticides residues (29KB)
15-Apr-02		Speeches Speech by David Byrne, European Commissioner for Health and Consumer Protection, "Towards a quality-driven single market in foodstuffs", CIAA Congress of Food & Drink Industry, Brussels, 12 April 2002
11-Apr-02		Press Release Classical Swine Fever in Germany and Spain, 11 April 2002
		Press Release FMD in Argentina: Further lifting of restrictive measures, 11 April 2002 (9KB)
		Safety of Food Products Natural Mineral Waters
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in Sweden from 5 to 9 November 2001 in order to evaluate the operation of controls over the production of fresh meat (porcine) (3370/2001)
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in France from 22 to 26 October 2001 in order to evaluate the situation with regard to controls over the feeding of swill to farm animals (3368/2001)
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in Greece from 17 to 21 September 2001 in order to evaluate the implementation of certain protective measures against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (3307/2001)
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in China from 8 to 22 November 2001 in order to evaluate the control of residues in live animals and animal products (3280/2001)
		Scientific Committee on Food 132th Plenary meeting - Brussels, 15-16-17 April 2002 - Draft agenda (24KB)
		Scientific Committees The CV's of the members of the Scientific Committees are now online: Scientific Steering Committee Scientific Committee on Food Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare Scientific Committee on Veterinary Measures relating to Public Health Scientific Committee on Plants Scientific Committee on Cosmetic Products and Non-Food Products intended for Consumers Scientific Committee on Medicinal Products and Medical Devices Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment
10-Apr-02		Veterinary Inspections Report of a mission carried out in Austria from 19/11/01 to 23/11/01 in order to evaluate the application of protective measures against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (3309/2001)
		Scientific Committee on Animal Health and Animal Welfare Draft Agenda of the plenary meeting of 16 April 2002 (57KB)
09-Apr-02		Press Release European Food Safety Authority - Commission adopts short-list of candidates for the Management Board, 08 April 2002
		Press Release Recent opinions of SSC on BSE-related Issues, 09 April 2002 (17KB)
		BSE BSE testing - Cumulative table from January to December 2001 (10KB)
		BSE BSE testing - January 2002 (10KB)
		BSE Nombre de cas d'Encéphalopathie Spongiforme Bovine, 28 February 2002 (71KB)
		International Food Safety Issues Codex Alimentarius : CCMMP - Codex Committee on Milk and Milk Products updated
		International Food Safety Issues Codex Alimentarius : CCGP - Codex Committee on General Principles updated
		Scientific Committee on Animal Nutrition 142st SCAN meeting - 17-18 April 2002 (114KB)
08-Apr-02		Scientific Steering Committee Opinion on safe sourcing of small ruminant materials (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) (433KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Suggested strategy to investigate the presence of BSE in small ruminants (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) (171KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Opinion on the safety of calf-derived rennet (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) (17KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Statement on prions in muscle (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) (29KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Statement on the need for non-human primates in biomedical research (adopted on 04-05 April 2002) (32KB)
		Scientific Steering Committee Minutes of the Scientific Steering Committee Meeting of 21-22 February 2002 (92KB)
05-Apr-02		Food Supplements Message from Commissioner Byrne to EU citizens on food supplements, 05 April 2002 (+/- 50KB) For further details: Food Supplements
		Veterinary Inspections Final report of a mission carried out in South Africa from 23 to 30 April 2001 concerning export of ratites meat, live ratites (3247/2001)
		Veterinary Inspections Report of a mission carried out in France from 17/09 to 21/09/2001 in order to evaluate the implementation of reinforced protection measures against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (3308/2001)
04-Apr-02		Standing Committee on Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit Genera and Species Short report of the Meeting held on 22 March 2002 (20KB)
		Standing Committee on Propagating Material and Ornamental Plants Short report of the Meeting held on 21 March 2002 (20KB)
		Standing Veterinary Committee Short report of the meeting (2001/41) held in Brussels on 20 November 2001 - Public Health (33KB)
		Standing Veterinary Committee Short report of the meeting (2001/40) held in Brussels on 06-07 November 2001 - Animal Health (124KB)
02-Apr-02		Press Release EU Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) moves to new premises, 02 April 2002 (67KB)
		Standing Committee for Animal Nutrition Summary minutes of the meeting held on 19 March 2002 (42KB)
		Animal Health / Prevention and Control of Animal diseases Foot-and-Mouth Disease : Chronology of main events and list of decisions adopted by the Commission (420KB) last updated on 26 March 2002
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