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Article: Dairy threatens legal action over European ban
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- Yorkshire Post
- Article date:
- October 7, 2006
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A British dairy threatened legal action against the European
Commission last night after sales of its cheese were banned across
Europe.
The Commission said Bowland Dairies had breached "a whole series"
of European Union food safety laws - and accused Britain's food
safety authority of doing nothing about it.
The Commission's call for the unprecedented ban was approved by
food safety experts representing EU member states. Britain abstained
and insisted it had enforced "corrective measures" at Bowland Dairies
in Nelson, Lancashire.
Bowland director John Wright said the company was the "unfortunate
victim" of a dispute between the Commission, the Government and the
Food Standards Agency over ...