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13 Sep 2020
Single-Use Plastic Directive: still a lot to discuss
Back in 2018, the EU reached an agreement to ban certain types of single-use plastic products with the Single-Use Plastic Directive. The Directive, which will enter into force in 2...
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08 Sep 2020
SAFE welcomes MEPs’ decision to object new EC specifications for E171
SAFE welcomes the positive outcome of the vote which occurred yesterday evening and hope that this democratic decision will encourage the Commission to promote a complete removal o...
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03 Sep 2020
EU NGOs suggest ways to promote nutrition in the CAP
On Thursday 3 September 2020, 6 European NGOs (including SAFE and EPHA, ECL, EHN, EMSA and EONS) sent an open joint letter to Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, suggest...
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28 Aug 2020
MEPs urged to repel CAP amendments on denominations of plant-based products
On 28 August 2020, SAFE and 34 other organizations urged Members of the European Parliament in a letter to oppose several amendments forcing the use of terms such as “steak&#...
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26 Aug 2020
Retailers join a coalition to meet foodwaste reduction targets
A new coalition of 14 retailers (Coalition of Action on Food Waste), including Nestlé, Tesco or Bel Group (to name but a few) and launched by the Consumer Goods Forum, committed t...
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26 Aug 2020
German Scientific Advisory Board recommands using climate labels
The German Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection(WBAE) has urged the government to introduce mandatory climate labels on food produc...
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25 Aug 2020
Transparency on Risk Assessment in the Food chain: SAFE’s response to Public Consultation
SAFE replied to a Public Consultation on the Draft Implementing Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 234/2011 on EU Transparency on risk assessment in the food chain on 25 August...
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15 Jul 2020
SAFE signs NGO Joint letter on the French Act on the transparency of information on agricultural and food products
In hope to prohibit the use, for products of plant origin, of names that have been typically associated with meat products and preparations, such as “steak”, “sausage” and ...
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09 Jul 2020
F2F Strategy: NGOs urge the EC to halve per capita Food Waste at Farm level
Back in May 2020, we welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy for a fair, healthy, and environmentally-friendly food system. In thi...
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24 Jun 2020
New US study shows benefits of Sugar tax models
A study published in the Circulation (official journal from the American Heart Association) showed a simulation model of different designs of taxes on sugary drinks (linked to obes...
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24 Jun 2020
New EFSA opinion on welfare hazards in pig slaughters
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion on 17 June in the context of a series of updated assessments on animal welfare at slaughter requested by th...
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01 Jun 2020
COVID-19 crisis could ‘kick off digital revolution in agriculture’
Digital farming is set to boom in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, given its capacity to help the EU farming sector improve its sustainability and recover from the outbreak’...
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