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29 May 2017

Open letter urges WHO to take action on industrial animal farming

Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO, spoke at last year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) to call for action from the international community on three “slow motion disas...

Tags: Agriculture, European Parliament, Vegan

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15 May 2017

Food waste: the problem in the EU in numbers

Some 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU every year, equivalent to 173 kilos per person. Not only is this a waste or resources, it also contributes to climate change. Pa...

Tags: European Parliament, Food Waste

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24 Apr 2017

Pesticide residues detected in almost all European foods

More than 97% of European food products contain pesticide residues, according to analyses carried out by the EU’s national authorities. EURACTIV’s partner Journal de l’Enviro...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, pesticide residues

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13 Apr 2017

Parliament calls for mandatory EU-wide food waste targets by 2020

EU lawmakers today (11 April) urged the European Commission to set binding EU-wide food waste reduction targets by 2020, to be met by 2025 and 2030. The European Parliament’s Com...

Tags: Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Waste

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12 Apr 2017

E621, E171: pourquoi certains additifs sont bannis de nos aliments

Les distributeurs font pression sur leurs fournisseurs pour éviter des additifs potentiellement dangereux dans la composition de leurs produits. Le groupe Carrefour en a ainsi él...

Tags: Additives, Consumers, Food Safety

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06 Apr 2017

Cancer warning over posh crisps as study shows they contain three times recommended levels of acrylamide

Eating crisps could cause cancer, a study by government-backed scientists has found, as they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen. Tests conducted by Fera Science ...

Tags: Acrylamide, Babies, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety

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04 Apr 2017

Sugar is described as the new tobacco as doctors say food industry is killing us with overdose of sweetness

Food giants are being told to cut the amount of sugar in their products because it has become the ‘new tobacco’. Doctors and academics say that levels must be reduced by up to ...

Tags: Consumers, Sugar

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27 Mar 2017

Brussels urges full ban on pesticides suspected of killing bees

The European Commission has proposed a full ban on pesticide substances suspected of having a negative impact on bee colonies in the EU, inflicting a major upset on two of the worl...

Tags: Agriculture, European Commission, Pesticides

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27 Mar 2017

Glyphosate and the crucial battle for independent science

At its core, the political battle for transparency about the herbicide glyphosate is actually a battle for independent science and for the transparent and democratic functioning of...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, MEP, Pesticides

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13 Mar 2017

Romanian MEP: EU needs food quality agency

Food quality in Western Europe can differ greatly to what Central and Eastern European shops stock on their shelves. S&D group MEP Daciana Sârbu spoke to EURACTIV Romania abou...

Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Food Safety, Palm oil, Sugar

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07 Mar 2017

France enforces ban on unlimited fizzy drinks in crackdown on obesity

Restaurants in France face prosecution starting today if they offer unlimited soda drinks to customers in the latest Gallic crackdown on obesity. France had already slapped a tax ...

Tags: Consumers, France, Obesity, Sugar

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27 Feb 2017

EU urges member states to target childhood obesity in schools

Faced with alarming childhood obesity cases, the European Commission is calling on member states to take action in the procurement of healthy food for schools. A report released by...

Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, MEP, Obesity, Sugar