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29 Oct 2021
Food Waste Reduction Targets for 2030 – SAFE’s contribution
On 29 October 2021, SAFE answered to an EC Public Consultation on Food Waste and Losses (FWL) reduction targets. Read our response here and our full contribution here. SAFE welcome...
Tags: European Commission, Farm to Fork, Food Waste, Public Consultation
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27 Oct 2021
Sustainable Food Systems Framework – SAFE’s contribution
On 26 October 2021, SAFE submitted a reply to the EC Public Consultation on the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Framework to be developped by the European Commission as part of the ...
Tags: European Commission, Farm to Fork, SFS, Sustainable Food Systems
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26 Oct 2021
French Health Agency updates its risk assessment methods after the E171 ban
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) proposed a new assessment method for nanomaterials to assess their risks in supplement ingred...
Tags: ANSES, E171, France, nanomaterials
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22 Oct 2021
SAFE publishes guidelines for consumers on Food Contact Materials
Researches show the existence of health risks linked to the use of Food Contact Materials (FCMs). New guidelines published by SAFE encompass conclusions from these studies and show...
Tags: Awareness, Consumers, Consumers Rights, FCM, food contact materials
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14 Oct 2021
CSOs call on the EU to stand by the Farm to fork Strategy
14 October 2021 – On 14-15 October, agri-food stakeholders meet in the Farm to Fork Conference to discuss the progress made to date and the next steps in implementing the Far...
Tags: European Commission, F2F conference, Farm to Fork, Sustainable Food Systems
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13 Oct 2021
EU CSOs present vision on food environments: a systemic change that can no longer wait
Brussels, 13 October 2021 – European food policy should focus on creating enabling food environments that make the healthy and sustainable food choices the default and most desir...
Tags: Farm to Fork, Food environments, Food Policy, Food Policy Coalition
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News - Press Releases
08 Oct 2021
E171 ban decision confirmed in the SCoPAFF
On 8 October 2021, the Standing Committee on Plant, Animal, Food and Feed voted in favour of a proposal submitted by the European Commission to ban food additive E 171 (Titanium di...
Tags: E171, EFSA, European Commission, ScoPAFF, titanium dioxide
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31 Aug 2021
Only 1 in 20 of children’s yogurts contain low sugar levels, new Action on Sugar study reveals
SAFE member Action on Sugar recently conducted a study on children’s yoghurts and misleading health claims. Evaluating over 100 children’s yogurts, the study ha...
Tags: Children, food labelling, FOP labelling, Sugar
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12 Aug 2021
European Commission redefines maximum levels for cadmium and lead in food
On August 10th, the European Commission announced that new limits will apply for tolerated lead and cadmium levels in food products. These restrictions concern fruits, vegetables, ...
Tags: cadmium, EFSA, European Commission, food contact materials, lead
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12 Jul 2021
European Commission releases study on children exposure to marketing of high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) foods
On July 8th, 2021, DG SANTE released its final report on the exposure of children to linear, non-linear and online marketing of foods high in fat, salt or sugar. The goal of ...
Tags: childhood obesity, European Commission, HFSS foods, Marketing
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08 Jul 2021
Empowering consumer organisations : the Dual Food Quality Conference
The partners of the ECO-Empowering Consumer Organisations project were proud to present the achievements of their EU-project on Dual Food Quality during the final Eu...
Tags: Consumers, dual food quality, European Commission, European Parliament, food label, Food Packaging
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07 Jul 2021
New French study on heavy metal exposure in adults and children
On July 1st, 2021 an epidemiological study on heavy metal impregnation in adults and children was released by the French National Public Health Agency. The study – ...
Tags: Agricu, European Commiss, Food Safety, Pesticides


