EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: COMMITTEE ADOPTS REPORTS ON MINERAL WATER AND FOODSTUFFS From: Europe Environment | Date: July 25, 1995 | COPYRIGHT 1995 Europe Information Service. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Summary: At its meeting on July 17 and 18, the European Parliament's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection adopted reports by Karl-Heinz Florenz on natural mineral waters, Giacomo Leopardi's on foodstuffs for particular uses and David Bowe on the use of vertebrate animals for experimentation. These reports will be examined one of the European Parliament's forthcoming plenary sessions.

Protecting natural mineral waters.

On July 18, the ...

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