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EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

EUSSR: A Reasonable Analogy?

by Vytenis Andriukaitis on 8th October 2018

Dear Brian, Thank you for your sincere letter that I read with great interest. I respectfully disagree with many things you wrote and hence feel compelled to reply openly. It will also help me to address issues that have been raised here and there by other people. I hope you do not mind. I will […]

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