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03 Mar 2023
Food safety, EU Commission adopts rules to lower arsenic levels in food
The European Commission adopted new rules to lower the presence of arsenic in food products. Lower maximum levels (MLs) are being adopted as an important measur...
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22 Feb 2023
EU Commission authorises two genetically modified crops as food and animal feed
The European Commission has authorised the use of genetically modified rapeseed and has renewed the authorisation for genetically modified soy, intended for human and animal consum...
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22 Feb 2023
The EU chases its tail on food labelling
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13 Feb 2023
Organisations urge the Commission to stick to Sustainable Food System Law timeline
Political resistance against sustainable food policies is threatening to derail the process for an EU Sustainable Food Systems Law. Against this backdrop, 286 organisations have is...
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09 Feb 2023
ECHA publishes PFAS restriction proposal
ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, published a restriction proposal on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as ‘forever chemicals’). The proposal was...
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02 Feb 2023
European Commission adopts stringent residue limits for pesticides to protect pollinators
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20 Jan 2023
Total copper intakes below new safe level, EFSA says
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has established a new acceptable daily intake (ADI) for copper and assessed that the combined exposure to copper from all sources doe...
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19 Jan 2023
European Court of Justice bans use of bee-toxic pesticides
The European Court of Justice ruled that EU countries should no longer be allowed temporary exemptions for banned, bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides. These prohibition measures we...
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18 Jan 2023
Non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) cause more deaths than infectious diseases
A report from the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes and respiratory pathologies, current...
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12 Jan 2023
Improved quality and access to drinking water
With a press release, the European Commission announced that, as of today, Europeans can be assured of improved quality and access to drinking water thanks to new requirements fr...
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09 Jan 2023
Fewer adverse pregnancy problems with a Mediterranean diet
According to a new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Nutrition Obesity and Excercise, the Mediterranean diet is linked to fewer adverse ...
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03 Jan 2023
New rules on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste
After the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Commission proposal to introduce stricter limits for some of the most harmful chemicals in waste,...
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