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<P class=MsoNormal style="BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'">From:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'"> FIEN, LLC - Jack
Cooper [mailto:JLC@fien.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, December 16, 2009 9:40
AM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Agricultural Research'<BR><B>Cc:</B> 'Information Copy
for'<BR><B>Subject:</B> Bee Colony Loss in Europe - EFSA has " ... published a
report on honey bee mortality and the ways that colony losses are monitored in
Europe ... The report will help to inform future research and surveillance
activities ...<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Bee
Colony Loss in Europe - The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has " ...
published a report on honey bee mortality and the ways that colony losses are
monitored in Europe ... The report makes recommendations on how to improve bee
surveillance systems ... The report ... has been presented to the European
Commission and will help to inform future research and surveillance activities
to address the issue of colony losses ..."</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Document Title:
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The title of the
December 15, 2009 EFSA News Story is "EFSA publishes new study on bee mortality
in Europe"<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Organization:
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Press Office of
the European Food Safety Authority <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Source:
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">December 15,
2009 EFSA News Story<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Web
site: </SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The December 15,
2009 EFSA News Story is posted at <BR><A title=http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211903101339.htm?WT.mc_id=EFSAHL01&emt=1 href="http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211903101339.htm?WT.mc_id=EFSAHL01&emt=1">http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211903101339.htm?WT.mc_id=EFSAHL01&emt=1</A>
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<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The
December 3, 2009 EFSA Scientific Document, titled "Bee Mortality and Bee
Surveillance in Europe" is posted at <BR><A title=http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211903101123.htm href="http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211903101123.htm">http://www.efsa.europa.eu/EFSA/efsa_locale-1178620753812_1211903101123.htm</A>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Contact:
</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">Questions may be
directed to Didier Verloo who is the Head of the EFSA Assessment Methodologies
Unit at +39 0521 036 480; e-mail: <A title=mailto:Didier.Verloo@EFSA.Europa.EU href="mailto:Didier.Verloo@EFSA.Europa.EU">Didier.Verloo@EFSA.Europa.EU</A>
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<P><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">Prepared
by:</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'"> This message
was distributed by Jack Cooper, who may be reached at e-mail: <A title=mailto:jlc@fien.com href="mailto:jlc@fien.com">jlc@fien.com</A> or
301-384-8287 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">This
article (#11766) was distributed by e-mail on December 16, 2009 to those whose
names are on the FIEN, LLC Subject Matter Distribution Lists for Agricultural
Research; Crop Protection; Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts;
Grains<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman','serif'">The above
information was sent to you by <B>Jack Cooper </B>of the Food Industry
Environmental Network, LLC (FIEN, LLC - See <A title=http://www.fien.com/ href="http://www.fien.com/">http://www.fien.com</A>) a regulatory and policy
e-mail update service for the agriculture and food industry - FIEN, LLC is
operated as a partnership by Jack Cooper and Cindy Roberts - <B>Jack may be
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