Health and Health Care
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One more European country plans to introduce "sugar tax"
More than 2 thousand German doctors addressed an open letter to the chancellor Angela Merkel with a request to introduce "sugar tax" in Germany. -
"Sugar tax" was imposed in Britain
In Great Britain so-called "Sugar tax" was implemented and producers of soft beverages with high sugar content must adhere to it. -
80% of antibiotics in the world are used in agriculture
World Health Organization appealed agricultural producers and food industry enterprises to stop using antibiotics needlessly. -
EU Report Shows More Evidence on Link Between Antibiotic Use, Antibiotic Resistance
EU - The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned about the impact of use of antibiotics on the increase in antibiotic-resistant bacteria. -
EU health chief says Brazil meat scandal ‘is not closed’
Brazil needs independent controls over its meat industry, the EU’s Health Commissioner said yesterday (29 March), as he wrapped up a visit to the country rocked by an anti-corruption investigation focusing on bribery of its food-sanitation inspectors.
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