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27 Feb 2024

Glyphosate found in ready-made soups in Italy

The consumer rights magazine Il Salvagente (a member of SAFE) conducted an investigation on ready-made soups, discovering that these products often contain glyphosate. Upon examini...

Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Pesticides

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27 Feb 2024

The European Parliament approved the Nature Restoration Law

With the introduction of a novel Nature Restoration Law, Europe is making a major advancement in its dedication to climate resilience and environmental preservation. The European C...

Tags: European Commission, Nature Restoration Law

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26 Feb 2024

EU agri-food trade surplus continued to further grow in November 2023

In November 2023, the EU’s agri-food trade surplus continued its upward trend, reaching €6.9 billion, marking a 3% increase from the previous month and a substantial 27% ri...

Tags: agri-food trade, European Commission, exports

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22 Feb 2024

European Commission proposes measures to ease administrative burdens on farmers

The European Commission sent a paper to the Belgian Presidency outlining first possible actions to help reduce the administrative burden weighing on farmers. This document, schedul...

Tags: CAP, European Commission

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15 Feb 2024

EU Parliament’s Environment Committee adopts position on Waste Framework Directive

On Wednesday, the Environment Committee MEPs adopted their position on the proposed Waste Framework Directive revision, setting more ambitious targets for reducing food waste. The ...

Tags: food losses, Food Waste, Prevent Waste Coalition

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09 Feb 2024

Potential of seaweed for sustainability and food security

The importance of seaweed is becoming more widely recognised as a key component of both global food security and aquaculture sustainability, as reported by Food Ingredients. Highli...

Tags: Environment, Food security, seaweed, sustainability

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08 Feb 2024

NGTs, MEPs vote in favour of mandatory labelling

The European Parliament adopted its position on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), voting in favour of mandatory labelling. A development welcomed by SAFE, which believes that the regu...

Tags: European Parliament, Food Safety, GMO, NGTs

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05 Feb 2024

Labelling challenges for plant-based food

As reported by Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI), vegan and plant-based foods lack of a legal definition. Nevertheless, about a 76,4% of consumers believe food labeled a...

Tags: Food Safety, Labeling, plant-based food, Vegan

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02 Feb 2024

Combating honey fraud and enhancing traceability and labeling regulations established in the European Union

A crucial step forward has been made when negotiators from the European Parliament and EU Council came to a temporary agreement to combat adulterated honey and improve openness in ...

Tags: EU Council, European Parliament, Honey, Labeling

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01 Feb 2024

The farmer demonstrations across Europe are growing

Political leaders have been taken away by the widespread farmer protests that are sweeping the European Union, although the unrest has been simmering for years. Farmers face a plet...

Tags: Agriculture, EU, farmers

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26 Jan 2024

Commission authorises GMOs for food and animal feed

The European Commission has granted approval for the utilisation of genetically modified maize and has also extended the authorisation for two genetically modified oilseed rapes fo...

Tags: Food Safety, GMO

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25 Jan 2024

Food contaminated with inorganic arsenic: health risks confirmed

The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) recent risk assessment on inorganic arsenic in food reaffirms the findings of a previous study from 2009, confirming health risks ...

Tags: Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety