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17 Mar 2022
Recent call to reform the pesticides evaluation system.
In a recent video, MEP Eric Andrieu, points out the shortcomings in the current pesticide evaluation system. Highlighting that the current situation induces a great health risk, wh...
Tags: EFSA, European Parliament, Pesticides
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10 Mar 2022
Acrylamide in food: the urgent need to reform the current legislation
Acrylamide is a chemical compound generated during high-temperature cooking processes that transform sugar and amino acids present in food products. For many years the scientific c...
Tags: Acrylamide, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety
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01 Mar 2022
Climate Change threatens food security
The latest IPCC report portrays an alarming scenario for the future of our food systems. Global warming threatens food production and access to food. According to researchers, the ...
Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Food Systems, Global warming, Soil
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10 Feb 2022
Regulatory challenges: the case of E171 in the EU and the UK
Titanium dioxide, also known as E171 is an additive very commonly used as a white colourant in food, but also in many other products, e.g., paints, cosmetics, toothpaste, etc. ...
Tags: E171, EFSA, Food Additives, titanium dioxide, UK
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04 Feb 2022
Joint Letter to MEPs calling for a cross-party consensus on the #BECA report in the plenary vote
SAFE and other 11 organizations (Association of European Cancer Leagues, European Alcohol Policy Alliance, European Chronic Disease Alliance, European Institute of Women’s Health...
Tags: Cancer, Joint letter, MEPs, Prevention
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25 Jan 2022
New evidence on a potential correlation between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and early death
The term ‘ultra-processed foods’ refers to products that have undergone a substantial amount of industrial processing and whose nutritional labels generally report a long list ...
Tags: Food Additives, Food Safety, Healthy diet, Nutrition, unhealthy food
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13 Jan 2022
Recent study calls for the need to warn consumers on ultra-processed foods’ harmful effects
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are foods that have been chemically or physically transformed through industrial processing. While most modern foods are processed in some way (e.g. ...
Tags: Endocrine disruptors, food labelling, Marketing, ultra-processed foods, UPF
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06 Jan 2022
Plant-based put forward in the EU’s 2022 promotional policy
The EU will support the consumption of plant-based products as reported in the 2022 promotional policy published last December. The policy allocates 185.9 million euros to the prom...
Tags: Agriculture, European Commission, Farm to Fork, Meat, plant-based
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22 Dec 2021
EFSA draft opinion suggests lowering the tolerable Bisphenol A daily intake
In an opinion published in December 2021, the European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) has re-assessed the risks of bisphenol A (BPA) in food, suggesting to drastically lower the tolerab...
Tags: bisphenol A, BPA, EFSA, FCM, food contact materials
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21 Dec 2021
Consumers organization calls for a reform of the EU food packaging legislation
Consumers’ concern about the safety of food packaging materials is increasing across Europe. According to data from the Eurobarometer, 86% of European consumers have worries abou...
Tags: Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, food contact materials, PFAS
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15 Dec 2021
Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopts its INI report on strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer
On December 9th, 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. The re...
Tags: BECA, Cancer, European Parliament, Healthy diet, noncommunicable diseases
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10 Dec 2021
Emmanuel Macron unveils the priorities of the French EU Presidency
French president Emmanuel Macron held a press on conference on December 9th to unveil France’s programme for the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, which w...
Tags: Agriculture, France, Pesticides, Rotating Presidency, Trade Agreement


