Agriculture

Special UN Food and Agriculture meeting should put food reserves on the table

MINNEAPOLIS/GENEVA – When the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) holds a special meeting on increasing volatility in agriculture prices on Friday in Rome, governments should consider the establishment of food reserves to help stabilize the marketplace, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP).

Trade and Food Reserves: What role does the WTO play?

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Comment to FDA on Draft Guidance #209, The Judicious Use of Medically Important Antimicrobial Drugs in Food-Producing Animals

This joint letter, submitted by Keep Antibiotics Working to the FDA, Docket No. FDA-2010-D-0094, addresses the issue of the FDA not doing enough about the overuse of antibiotics in food animals.

Letter to Michel Barnier, EC Internal Markets Director General

This is the cover letter to the French government proposal for the European Commission to draft legislation for a European commodity regulatory authority

Proposal to the European Commission for a European commodity regulatory authority (English)

This is an unofficial English translation of the French government proposal to the European Commission's Michel Barnier to propose the drafting of legislation to establish a European commodity regulatory authority.

Proposal to the European Commission for a European commodity regulatory authority

In this diplomatic note to EU comissioner of Internal Markets, Michel Barnier, the French government proposes that Internal Markets draft a legislative text to establish a European commodity regulatory authority,