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    11 Feb 2025

    Petition to ban aspartame hits 230,000 signatures

    Aspartame (E951) is an additive used by the food industry as a sweetener in foods and drinks, to replace sugar. It is often falsely claimed to have a lower or neutral impact on obe...

    Tags: aspartane, Cancer, sweetened beverages

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    07 Feb 2025

    Ban Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons now

    Susan Wilkinson, Unsplash French NGO Foodwatch has launched a petition to improve EU legislation on Mineral Oil Aromatic Hydrocarbons (MOAH), a type of chemicals derived from petro...

    Tags: food pollution, mineral oil hydrocarbons, MOAH

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    04 Feb 2025

    Swiss farmers take their government to court over climate change

    Farmers are increasingly concerned about climate change. In Switzerland, a group of farmers has filed a lawsuit against the government for failing to take effective measures to pro...

    Tags: Climate Change, farmers

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    03 Feb 2025

    Commission publishes Country Cancer Profiles ahead of World Cancer Day

    Today, ahead of World Cancer Day, the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the Country Cancer Profiles for all EU memb...

    Tags: Country Cancer Profiles, European Commission, World Cancer Day

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    30 Jan 2025

    Environmental concerns over simplifying green compliance rules

    Ahead of her re-election, European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen promised to reduce reporting requirements by at least 25%, in the first half of 2025, in her bid to red...

    Tags: European Green Deal, Red tape

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    24 Jan 2025

    The Prevent Waste Coalition has surveyed EU member states for their views on binding food waste targets

    40% of food is wasted worldwide, causing 8-10% of all emissions and wasting the production of 28% of agricultural land. In 2021, the EU wasted 58.4 million tonnes of food, with a c...

    Tags: Food Waste, Prevent Waste Coalition, survey

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    20 Jan 2025

    UPF regulation too weak on systemic policies, Australian study highlights

    A study by three Australian universities has found that regulation on ultra-processed foods (UPFs) broadly places responsibility on consumers rather than the food industry, worldwi...

    Tags: Labelling, NCDs, ultra-processed foods

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    16 Jan 2025

    The European Commission and UNICEF announce a new partnership to improve health outcomes for children

    Children today face significant health challenges, from mental health issues to preventable illnesses and unhealthy lifestyle choices. To tackle these challenges, the European Comm...

    Tags: Children, European Commission, UNICEF

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    14 Jan 2025

    Not banning ‘forever chemicals’ in the EU will cost €2 trillion over the next 20 years

    A total of €2 trillion, or an annual bill of €100 billion over two decades, is the cost of cleaning PFAS or “forever chemicals” from the environment, if they keep being pro...

    Tags: PFAS, Pollution

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    13 Jan 2025

    Italian institute calls for highest cancer risk profile for acrylamide

    A working group on cancer linked to the Ramazzini Institute in Bologna spotted the need to move acrylamide to the top risk profile for carcinogens, from probable carcinogen to know...

    Tags: Acrylamide, Cancer, IARC

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    09 Jan 2025

    3.4 million cases of diabetes and heart diseases linked to sugar-sweetened beverages worldwide

    A study published in Nature highlights the link between sugar-sweetened beverages and health problems such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases in 184 countries. In 2020,...

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    19 Dec 2024

    The European Commission adopts a ban of Bisphenol A in food contact materials

    On December 19th, the European Commission adopted a ban on the use of Bisphenol A (BPA) in food contact materials due to its potentially harmful health effects. BPA is a hazardous ...

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