EU grain could help food crisis, says EFSA chair

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2nd June 2008

The EU ban on the use of animal remains to feed pigs and chickens should be lifted so that grain can be diverted to millions of starving people, one of Europe’s top food safety advisers has told the Times.

Patrick Wall, chairman of the European food safety authority, questioned whether it was “morally or ethically correct” to feed grain to animals in the midst of a global food crisis.

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