Gelatin curbs `not enough'

BRUSSELS - Safety standards set by Brussels last year to eradicate BSE from gelatin are inadequate, the European Commission's…

BRUSSELS - Safety standards set by Brussels last year to eradicate BSE from gelatin are inadequate, the European Commission's new food health watchdog declared last night. Technical treatment conditions for gelatin, imposed on Britain in the wake of the "mad cow" crisis, are no guarantee of avoiding contamination, the Multidisciplinary Scientific Committee said.