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03 Mar 2020

Junk food advertising: WHO calls for legally binding treaty to end ‘predatory commercial practices’

The WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission is proposing a global, legally binding protocol to prevent brands marketing fast foods and sugary drinks to children. Read the full article here...

Tags: Food Policy, health, Sugar

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02 Mar 2020

EU pressed to address meat reduction, plant-based diet in new food policy

SAFE and a coalition of NGOs urged to EU executive to address the issue of reducing meat consumption in the announced Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy. Meanwhile, a Green MEP has filed ...

Tags: Farm to Fork, Food Policy, plant-based

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10 Feb 2020

‘Use by’ or ‘best before’? Nestlé signs food waste pact to tackle label confusion on-pack

The UK’s Food and Drink Federation has repeated its pleas that it wants to keep trading ties closely aligned with the EU’s after British prime minister Boris Johnson dismissed ...

Tags: food label, Food Packaging, Food Policy, Food Waste

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06 Feb 2020

UK opens door to GM food imports as PM Johnson attacks ‘hysterical fears’ about US food standards

The UK’s Food and Drink Federation has repeated its pleas that it wants to keep trading ties closely aligned with the EU’s after British prime minister Boris Johnson dismissed ...

Tags: boris johnson, Brexit trade deal, Food Policy, GM food imports

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04 Feb 2020

Short Film Festival Filmdipeso

SAFE is honoured to co-organise the Short Film Festival Filmdipeso 17-18 April 2020 in Latina, Italy With the subject of “Obesity, food, nutrition, and eating disorders“...

Tags: Mental health, Nutrition, Obesity, Physical activity, Tackling Adolescent Obesity, TAO

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27 Jan 2020

Agrifood manufacturers can do without E171

The last few months have seen a growing awareness amongst the general public about the concerning issue of titanium dioxide in food –food addtive E171– with almost 85,0...

Tags: chemicals, E171, Industry, Petition, titanium dioxide

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23 Jan 2020

Commissioner Kyriakides respond to 34 MEPs’ letter on E171

On 17 December 2019, a cross-party coalition of 34 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to ask for an extension of the French ban on the whit...

Tags: DG SANTE, E171, EFSA, Food Additives, Food Safety, health, MEP

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18 Dec 2019

MEPs support the French ban on food additive E171

On 17 December 2019, a cross-party coalition of 34 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to ask for an extension of the French ban on E171 to ...

Tags: Consumers Rights, E171, European Parliament, nanoparticles, titanium dioxide

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16 Dec 2019

31 NGOs asking for an ambitious Farm to Fork Strategy

30  civil society organisations have written an open letter in order to highlight the priorities and actions that the F2F strategy should have in order to provide a coherent respo...

Tags: F2F strategy, Farm to Fork, NGOs, Open letter

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06 Dec 2019

European civil society groups urge EU Commissioner to ban E171 in food

On 5 Dec 2019, European civil society groups have sent a joint letter to Ms. Stella Kyriakides – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety on the issue of the white co...

Tags: Consumers, E171, European Commission, Food Safety, health, Petition, titanium dioxide

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05 Nov 2019

Many food products analysed in the EU market may contribute to unhealthy diets

A recent study of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) reveals that many packaged food products frequently sold in the EU market contain very high levels of sugar, s...

Tags: Children, Fat, Marketing, Obesity, Packaged Food, Salt, Sugar, Unhealthy Diets

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30 Oct 2019

Concerns about E171 cross borders

As shown in a test done on 12 different products, titanium dioxide in food (E171) is present in plenty of your food without you even knowing about it. SAFE has launched a petition ...

Tags: Consumers Rights, E171, Food Additives, titanium dioxide