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Antarctic : Brazil takes the lead over from Belgium.
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The 36th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting: the Belgian state of affairs
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The CITES department investigates Afrormosia
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Extension to GMO field tests with maize and poplars in 2013
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2012 Activity Report of the Animal, Plant and Food Directorate-General online
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FOODSUP: food supplements and enriched foodstuffs are now registered online
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Antarctic : Brazil takes the lead over from Belgium.
From 20 to 29 May 2013, Belgium hosted the XXXVI the Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and the XVI meeting of the Committee for Environmental Protection (CEP). The Parties welcomed the Czech Republic as the 29th Consultative Party. Brazil will host the next ATCM in Brasilia, tentatively from 12 to 21 May 2014.
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The 36th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting: the Belgian state of affairs
Between 20 and 29 May, Belgium, one of the 12 founding members of the Antarctic Treaty, hosted the 36th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) and the 16th Committee on Environmental Protection Meeting (CEP). The FPS Foreign Affairs, the FPS Science Policy and the FPS Public Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment organised the meetings in the prestigious setting of Egmont Palace. Four hundred and fifty delegates, officials, prominent sci... -
The CITES department investigates Afrormosia
The CITES department of the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment started an investigation, following a tip-off given by Greenpeace, into two consignments of Afrormosia (or African teak) amounting to a total of 40 m³ from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Thanks to good cooperation and a quick intervention by the Port of Antwerp’s Customs, it was possible to provisionally block the timber and inform the relevant com...
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Extension to GMO field tests with maize and poplars in 2013
Field testing of genetically modified poplars, begun in 2009, and the field testing of GMO maize, which started last year, are both to be continued this year. The relevant ministers and the State Secretary have given the go-ahead.
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2012 Activity Report of the Animal, Plant and Food Directorate-General online
The good news is that Bisphenol A has been banned from children’s drinking bottles, and safer crop protection products have been introduced for gardeners. But alas there are more cases of extreme animal neglect, and still too many bars and cafés are flouting the smoking ban. You can read about all these things - and many more besides - in the 2012 Activity Report of the Animal, Plant and Food Directorate-General.
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FOODSUP: food supplements and enriched foodstuffs are now registered online
Today, 26 February 2013, saw the launch of the revolutionary new FOODSUP application for the electronic registration of food supplements and enriched foodstuffs. With this application, the FPS Health, Food Chain Safety and Environment can process registration applications more quickly and above all communicate much more efficiently with the companies and other official bodies concerned.
In the Spotlight
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Help limit the impact of cleaning products on the environment!
Doing the laundry, washing the dishes, cleaning the floor and other surfaces... good hygiene is unthinkable without detergents. But these products are not without consequence for the environment: you use water and energy, the detergents influence the quality of the surface water and the waste produced has to be disposed of somewhere. More info
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Mobile phone radiation “possibly carcinogenic”
Calling with a mobile phone for a long time could entail a risk. Prudence is in order. More info
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