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20 Jun 2018

Avoiding meat and dairy is ‘single biggest way’ to reduce your impact on Earth

Avoiding meat and dairy products is the single biggest way to reduce your environmental impact on the planet, according to the scientists behind the most comprehensive analysis to ...

Tags: Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, Meat, Nutrition, Vegan

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18 Jun 2018

High risk of food shortages without pesticides, says chemical giant

Head of Syngenta, world’s biggest pesticide maker, says rejecting farming tech could have serious consequences within 20 years. Read the full article on The Guardian here....

Tags: Agriculture, Climate Change, Environment, EU, Organic, Pesticides

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18 Jun 2018

Zucchero, la dose giornaliera da non superare

Resistere allo zucchero sarebbe davvero una gran brutta vita, ma gli studi dell’Organizzazione mondiale della sanità, dell’Agenzia Internazionale della ricerca sul cancro e de...

Tags: Healthy diet, Italy, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar, WHO

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13 Jun 2018

DSM removes benzoate from cheese ripening enzyme to meet clean-label demand

Dutch health and nutrition company Royal DSM says its Accelerzyme CPG, the company’s proprietary enzyme for accelerated cheese ripening, is now benzoate-free. Read the full artic...

Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, Nutrition

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12 Jun 2018

Les agences européennes précisent la définition des perturbateurs endocriniens

Après l’adoption fin 2017 des critères  d’identification des perturbateurs endocriniens, les agences européennes ont publié le 7 juin un document d’orientation pou...

Tags: EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, EU, Food Safety

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11 Jun 2018

Food safety in the future EU budget (2021-2027)

On June 7, the Commission adopted a legislative proposal for a new Single Market Programme, which also addresses food policies. Specific objectives include: supporting sustainable ...

Tags: EU, European Commission, Food Safety

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06 Jun 2018

Catena italiana di prodotti sfusi apre negozio a Parigi

“Negozio Leggero”, la catena italiana di prodotti senza imballaggi, sbarca a Parigi. Il 23 giugno apre il primo negozio del franchising nella capitale francese, in zona...

Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, France, Italy

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05 Jun 2018

Pesticide Dependency Reductions must become one of the success indicators of the Common Agricultural Policy

On the 1st of June, the European Commission has published its legislative proposals and its impact assessment on CAP reform. Within the hundreds of pages of documents, pesticide us...

Tags: Agriculture, CAP, Environment, EU, European Commission, Glyphosate, Pesticides

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04 Jun 2018

European alliance calls for a ‘Common Food Policy’ to replace the CAP

Following the EU Food and Farming Forum of 29-30 May 2018, a group of more than 30 European think tanks, NGOs and farming groups have united to call for a ‘Common Food Policy’ ...

Tags: Agriculture, CAP, Environment, EU

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01 Jun 2018

50 shades of green: Europe’s farm reforms explained

Deep budget cuts and an untested plan to let national governments take the reins are causing jitters across the bloc. Read the full article on Politico here....

Tags: Agriculture, CAP, Environment, EU, European Commission

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30 May 2018

Insufficient consideration for food issue in CAP

The Commission is due to unveil its next Common Agriculture Policy on June 1st and Olivier De Schutter, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right for food and co-chair of the inter...

Tags: Agriculture, CAP, Environment, EU, European Commission, Sustainable food

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29 May 2018

European Congress on Obesity 2018: What’s new in obesity research?

The 25th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2018) took place in Vienna, Austria from 23rd to 26th May 2018. This year’s topics included science, treatment and public health, w...

Tags: EU, Obesity