Kommissionen vil øge tilliden til videnskabelige undersøgelser om fødevaresikkerhed
(WorldNews Denmark)

Today the Commission is responding to the concerns expressed by citizens in a successful European Citizens` Initiative, with a proposal to improve the transparency of scientific studies in the food safety area. The proposal, drawing also on the Commission`s Fitness Check of the General Food Law, which dates back from 2002 and thus needs an update, will: Give citizens greater access to information submitted to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)on approvals concerning the agri-food chain, provide the possibility for additional studies to be requested by the Commission and, will involve Member States` scientists more closely in approval procedures. First Vice-President Frans Timmermans...