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22 Feb 2021
NGOs call on the Commission and Council to reject restrictions on the labelling of plant-based products
On 22 February 2021, 21 NGOs including SAFE called on the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to reject the 171th and 72th Amendment of the European Parliamen...
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11 Feb 2021
MEPs call for stringent regulations on the use of “natural” claims for food products
On 10 February 2021, a cross-party coalition of 31 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, highlighting the misleading use of the term “natur...
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08 Feb 2021
EFSA also enters the Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling debate
The EU food safety agency EFSA will provide scientific opinions to help developing the EU-wide system for front-of-pack nutrition labelling of foodstuffs, including setting conditi...
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08 Feb 2021
The European Commission launches the EU sustainable code of conduct plans for food businesses
The European Commission has taken its first steps towards launching a ‘code of conduct’ for actors along the food chain, as part of its aim to increase the sustainability of th...
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11 Jan 2021
Debates go on concerning Front-Of-Pack nutrition labels
The debate about new FOP nutrition labels and the form they should take are evergrowing. In an article published by FoodNavigator, several commentators added more water to the mill...
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15 Dec 2020
Children’s nutrition specialists raise concerns regarding Nutri-Score
Dutch consultancy Voedingsjungle, specialising in children’s nutrition, has criticised front-of-pack (FOP) nutrition labelling schemes with across-the-board algorithms such a...
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14 Dec 2020
European Ombudsman asks Commission to increase transparency in the approval process for pesticides
In a recently published decision, the EU Ombudsman has raised concerns regarding the current procedure for the approval of active substances in pesticides by the Commission. The pr...
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24 Nov 2020
NGOs call for revised ISO International Standard for food products suitable for Vegan consumers
On 24 November 2020, SAFE and 4 of its members sent a joint letter to the ISO TC 34 concerning the draft ISO/DIS 23662 on the definitions and technical criteria for foods and food ...
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20 Nov 2020
#WeValueTrueNatural, a campaign from SAFE to call for a definition of ‘natural’
In the European Green Deal, the Commission presented a strategy aiming at transforming the EU into a resource-efficient and sustainable society by 2050. One of the main initiatives...
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12 Nov 2020
UK proposes to ban all online advertisements of junk food
The UK government has recently introduced a proposal to restrict all online advertisements of food products that are high in fat, sugar and salt (HFSS). This measure is a part of t...
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05 Nov 2020
UK health professions call for climate tax on food with high environmental impacts
The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) has recently published a report calling the government to impose a food carbon tax on all food producers by 2025 if they do not ta...
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02 Nov 2020
CSOs call for Withdrawal of the EC proposal for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy
On 30 October, CSOs wrote to EC President von der Leyen to call on the European Commission to withdraw its proposal on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in order to safeguard th...
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