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EU health chief says all alcoholic beverages should be labelled
31 Aug 2017
The European Commission wants the industry’s expected alcohol labelling self-regulatory proposal to cover all alcoholic beverages in order to avoid confusion among consumers. &n...
Tags: alcoholic beverages, Consumers, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling
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Food industry upset over obligatory labelling of origin of pasta and rice
30 Aug 2017
Italy’s decision to impose mandatory labelling on pasta and rice packaging has triggered protests from the food industry, which has called on the European Commission to cancel ...
Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling
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Italian pasta labels test limits of EU law
30 Aug 2017
A dispute over pasta is set to shape the future of the EU’s single market. Unsurprisingly for a battle over spaghetti, it was Italy that fired the first shot. Rome last week pas...
Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, European Commission, Food Packaging, Italy, Labelling
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EU experts agree on criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals in pesticides
12 Jul 2017
Experts from the 28 EU member states approved on Tuesday (4 July) a proposed list of criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in plant protection products – a move presented by...
Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Hormone
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Des experts européens ont sous-estimé des études sur les dangers du glyphosate
31 May 2017
Des études qui mettent en évidence le lien entre plusieurs cas de cancer et le glyphosate ont été sous-estimées par les agences d’expertise européennes. C’est ce que rév...
Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, Food Safety, Glyphosate
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Pesticide residues detected in almost all European foods
24 Apr 2017
More than 97% of European food products contain pesticide residues, according to analyses carried out by the EU’s national authorities. EURACTIV’s partner Journal de l’Enviro...
Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, pesticide residues
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E621, E171: pourquoi certains additifs sont bannis de nos aliments
12 Apr 2017
Les distributeurs font pression sur leurs fournisseurs pour éviter des additifs potentiellement dangereux dans la composition de leurs produits. Le groupe Carrefour en a ainsi él...
Tags: Additives, Consumers, Food Safety
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Cancer warning over posh crisps as study shows they contain three times recommended levels of acrylamide
06 Apr 2017
Eating crisps could cause cancer, a study by government-backed scientists has found, as they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen. Tests conducted by Fera Science ...
Tags: Acrylamide, Babies, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety
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Sugar is described as the new tobacco as doctors say food industry is killing us with overdose of sweetness
04 Apr 2017
Food giants are being told to cut the amount of sugar in their products because it has become the ‘new tobacco’. Doctors and academics say that levels must be reduced by up to ...
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Glyphosate and the crucial battle for independent science
27 Mar 2017
At its core, the political battle for transparency about the herbicide glyphosate is actually a battle for independent science and for the transparent and democratic functioning of...
Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, MEP, Pesticides
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Romanian MEP: EU needs food quality agency
13 Mar 2017
Food quality in Western Europe can differ greatly to what Central and Eastern European shops stock on their shelves. S&D group MEP Daciana Sârbu spoke to EURACTIV Romania abou...
Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Food Safety, Palm oil, Sugar
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France enforces ban on unlimited fizzy drinks in crackdown on obesity
07 Mar 2017
Restaurants in France face prosecution starting today if they offer unlimited soda drinks to customers in the latest Gallic crackdown on obesity. France had already slapped a tax ...
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EU urges member states to target childhood obesity in schools
27 Feb 2017
Faced with alarming childhood obesity cases, the European Commission is calling on member states to take action in the procurement of healthy food for schools. A report released by...
Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, MEP, Obesity, Sugar
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Fifteen percent of Brussels’ friteries surveyed selling potato fries with high levels of known carcinogen
27 Feb 2017
A snapshot survey of potato fries sold in twenty Brussels friteries has discovered three samples with levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, above the EU benchmark. A joint inve...
Tags: Acrylamide, Brussels, Consumers, EFSA, EU, European Parliament
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Un cancérogène détecté à “un niveau supérieur” dans des biscuits Nestlé pour bébés: L’entreprise réagit
21 Feb 2017
De l’acrylamide, une substance cancérogène, a été retrouvée à un niveau supérieur aux indications européennes dans des biscuits pour bébés de marque Nestlé vendus ...
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Baby biscuits with high levels of known carcinogen found on sale in France
20 Feb 2017
A snapshot survey of a range of biscuits and rusks for babies and infants on sale in France shows that products with high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, continue to be p...
Tags: Acrylamide, Consumers, EFSA, EU, France
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Commission to set maximum acrylamide levels in ready-to-eat foods
10 Feb 2017
The European Commission plans to set maximum levels for acrylamide in ready-to-eat foods such as baby foods, crisps and breakfast cereals. Read the full article on BakeryAndSnacks ...
Tags: Acrylamide, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, MEP
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Medical community alarmed by global rise in diabetes cases
15 Dec 2016
The rise of diabetes is causing avoidable deaths and imposing substantial costs on ailing healthcare systems. Alarmed, lawmakers are attempting to improve prevention and get the em...
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NGOs: Commission’s acrylamide regulation has ‘wrong’ legal basis
22 Nov 2016
Food and consumer organisations claim that the European Commission’s draft regulation on acrylamide is based on a wrong regulation and this has a direct effect on the lack of max...
Tags: Acrylamide, Consumers, European Commission
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Slow Food address EU Commissioner over meat promotion
10 Nov 2016
Following the recent declarations of Phil Hogan, European Agriculture Commissioner, announcing his plan to allocate 15 million dollars a year to promote meat consumption in Europe,...
Tags: Agriculture, CAP, Consumers, European Commission, Meat
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Health risks of materials in contact with food: tighter EU safety rules needed
21 Oct 2016
EU-wide safety rules are needed for more materials in contact with food, such as those used in packaging, kitchen utensils and tableware, say MEPs in a non-binding resolution voted...
Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, MEP
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UNEP: Assessing the environmental impacts of consumption and production
12 Jul 2016
“What do I do first?” It is a simple question, but for decision-makers trying to determine how they can make a meaningful contribution to sustainable consumption and production...
Tags: Consumers, Environment, UNEP
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Study: Reducing meat and dairy consumption required to meet climate goals
23 Feb 2016
Europeans need to eat less beef and consume less dairy products in order to reach the EU’s climate goals, according to a new study by Swedish researchers. Deep cuts in greenhouse...
Tags: Climate Change, Consumers, Meat, Vegan, Vegetarian
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EU court ruling toughens regulations on chemicals of ‘very high concern’
14 Sep 2015
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on 10 September to strengthen the obligations of manufacturers to declare the presence of ‘substances of very high concern...
Tags: Consumers, EU Court of Justice