...Although new proposals could stop trade in live horses for slaughter to Italy

This would bring an end to the trade in live horses that are sent from this country for slaughter in Southern Italy. However, Beate Gminder, spokesman of the Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner, commented, "Brussels will reject this amendment." The final say in the matter, though, belongs to the EU member states' Ministers of Agriculture, who are to meet in April. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 24) A.F.