EU/US : COMMISSION DIVIDED OVER CHLORINATED CHICKEN.
Europe Environment, April, 2008
Should Europe give in to the incredible pressure being put on it by the United States and open the EU's doors to American chicken that has been sanitised with a chlorine-based solution? EU Enterprise Commissioner Gunter Verheugen has chosen the pro-American' camp, even if it means appearing not very particular about health issues. EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel is "not impressed" by the US pressure, according to informed sources.
In a letter sent recently to European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Commissioner Verheugen explained why, by the time of the next Transatlantic Economic Council in June, Europe should put an end to the dispute that has pitted it against the Americans since the end of the 1990s over the use of a...
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