EU Parliament panel rejects 'comitology' for additive approvals

摘要

The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee has voted to keep its powers of co-decision for authorization of new food additives and to use the same procedure for authorization of flavorings and enzymes. The European Commission wants to scrap co-decision in favor of the "comitology" procedure, by which ED member-states would vote on a commission proposal. The Environment Committee rej ected this idea.