Topic: European Union
Supporters and producers of organic foods petitioned the US government Tuesday for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, and encouraged consumers to go online and join the cause.The 21 petitioners want the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use the full power ...
European antitrust authorities announced on Thursday the opening of a formal antitrust probe into US drugs company Cephalon and Israel-based generic drugs firm Teva over stay-awake drug Modafinil.The controversial anti-tiredness drug, marketed under the brand-name Provigil, can keep people awake for days ...
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Wednesday that net profit rose 14 percent to £1.525 billion (1.72 billion euros, $2.5 billion) in the first quarter, despite a slump in product sales.Savings from a major cost-cutting programme and asset disposals helped to offset a ...
An effort to ban cloned foods from supermarket shelves in Europe collapsed on Tuesday after EU states and the parliament failed to agree a law to control the industry.Although both sides agree on banning meat directly derived from cloned animals, government officials ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Talks within the European Union broke down on Tuesday over how to deal with food from cloned animals, sending EU proposals on the sale of new types of foods back to the drawing board after three years of debate.Following ...
A new law regulating access for the first time for offspring of cloned animals to meat markets in Europe is heading for the dustbin, the European Union's current chair said Thursday.A string of "Frankenfood" scares following the emergence of "non-traceable offspring" in ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union governments and lawmakers remained deadlocked on how to regulate the production and sale of food from cloned animals, following all-night talks in Brussels that ended on Thursday morning.EU sources said the remaining sticking point was a demand ...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The EU regulator said on Monday it was pressing pharmaceutical companies for more information on their patent deals with generic companies to make sure there is no delay in cheaper drugs coming to market.The move is the latest in ...
LONDON (Reuters) - Meat and milk from cloned cattle show no difference in composition from that of traditionally bred cows and so are unlikely to pose a food safety risk, an advisory committee to Britain's food safety regulator said.The Advisory Committee on ...
"Cloning for food is not required" across the EU, European health commissioner John Dalli told a news conference. "There's no need for it."The plan is to be published as legislative proposals next year but will need to be approved by EU governments ...
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