What actions have been taken by the European Union (EU)?
The European Commission has issued four Decisions concerning this issue. Commission Decision 1999/363/EC deals with: • feedingstuffs suspected to be contaminated with dioxins; • live domestic fowl and hatching eggs which have been reared or produced in holdings put under restriction by the Belgian authorities; • the following products of Belgian origin (unless not derived from fowls reared in holdings placed under restriction by the Belgian Authorities or shown not to be contaminated with dioxin); poultrymeat (whether fresh, minced or mechanically recovered); poultrymeat products; eggs and egg products; rendered fats; processed animal proteins; and raw materials for the manufacture of animal feedingstuffs. Commission Decision 1999/389/EC (which revoked the earlier Commission Decision 1999/368/EC) extends the restrictions to pigs and cattle and to cover pork, beef and dairy products of Belgian origin which are derived from animals reared in Belgium. Member States are required to trace t
