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08 Jun 2023

Global food prices decline in May, but rice and sugar prices rise

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), food commodity prices experienced a decline in May. Quotations for various cereals, vegetable oils, ...

Tags: FAO, food prices, Food security

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31 May 2023

Study: High salt intake could increase dementia & Alzheimer’s disease risk

A new study about high salt intake has been published, after the World Health Organization (WHO) as well as different non-governmental health-related organizations have warned agai...

Tags: Alzheimer, Dementia, High salt intake, Salt, WHO

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26 May 2023

Lidl asks to improve packaging for fruit and vegetables to attract children

Lidl, the German discount retailer, is urging supermarkets to revamp the design and packaging of their fruit and vegetable products to make them more appealing to children. This ap...

Tags: Aggressive food marketing, Children, Food Packaging

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23 May 2023

Higher cost of living impacts consumers spending

According to the 12th EY Future Consumer Index, a recent survey of global consumer sentiment, people around the world are adapting to higher living costs by making changes to their...

Tags: food prices, poverty, social inclusion

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17 Apr 2023

Addressing sugar addiction

Sugar addiction is a serious health issue. It can result in health problems ranging from diabetes and cardiovascular disease to mental health problems such as depression and some e...

Tags: Addiction, health, Sugar

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07 Apr 2023

European Parliament’s committee in favour of subsidies for the EU School Scheme

Euractiv reported that a few weeks ago EU lawmakers at the agriculture committee (AGRI) overwhelmingly voted in favour of socialist Carmen Avram’s own-initiative report on the EU...

Tags: canteens, European Parliament, healthy eating

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29 Mar 2023

EFSA, nitrosamines in food raise health concerns

Tags: EFSA, Food Safety, nitrates, Nitrosamines

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21 Mar 2023

EFSA, mineral oil hydrocarbons in food are a “potential health concern”

While the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provisionally confirmed that some substances in the group know as mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) are a possible health con...

Tags: EFSA, Food Safety, mineral ol hydrocarbons

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14 Mar 2023

No obstacles to ban glyphosate – New report by PAN Europe shows that alternatives exist for all uses

Ahead of the EU’s decision on whether or not to re-approve glyphosate at the end of this year, the NGO Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe has just published a report for t...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, European Commission, Glyphosate, Human Health

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03 Mar 2023

Food safety, EU Commission adopts rules to lower arsenic levels in food

The European Commission adopted new rules to lower the presence of arsenic in food products. Lower maximum levels (MLs) are being adopted as an important measur...

Tags: arsenic, Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, European Commission, Food Safety

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22 Feb 2023

EU Commission authorises two genetically modified crops as food and animal feed

The European Commission has authorised the use of genetically modified rapeseed and has renewed the authorisation for genetically modified soy, intended for human and animal consum...

Tags: EFSA, European Commission, Genetically modified crops