Minister: Food standard bills should be revised

BELGRADE Health Minister Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic says that a parliamentary session on aflatoxin contamination is an opportunity to pass some binding bills. She told Tanjug that it was first necessary to revise the existing bills on food safety and standards, cattle feed, levels of certain toxins in dairy products. Minister: Food standard bills should be revised “Parliament has a supervisory role and it is MPs’ obligation to control the work of ministers and the implementation of the laws they pass and they can also pass certain bills that will be binding,” the health minister explained. According to her, parliament can also launch initiative to change certain bills and the upcoming debate will be an opportunity for the public to see the supervisory role of parliament and hear what ministers and government have to say. The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on February 26 sent a request to parliament to hold a special session on food safety and public health in Serbia. The initiative was supported by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Democratic Party (DS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS). Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic (Tanjug, file) Tanjug

Minister: Food standard bills should be revised

“Parliament has a supervisory role and it is MPs’ obligation to control the work of ministers and the implementation of the laws they pass and they can also pass certain bills that will be binding,” the health minister explained.

According to her, parliament can also launch initiative to change certain bills and the upcoming debate will be an opportunity for the public to see the supervisory role of parliament and hear what ministers and government have to say.

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on February 26 sent a request to parliament to hold a special session on food safety and public health in Serbia. The initiative was supported by the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), Democratic Party (DS) and the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS).