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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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