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27 Feb 2017
Fifteen percent of Brussels’ friteries surveyed selling potato fries with high levels of known carcinogen
A snapshot survey of potato fries sold in twenty Brussels friteries has discovered three samples with levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, above the EU benchmark. A joint inve...
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21 Feb 2017
Un cancérogène détecté à “un niveau supérieur” dans des biscuits Nestlé pour bébés: L’entreprise réagit
De l’acrylamide, une substance cancérogène, a été retrouvée à un niveau supérieur aux indications européennes dans des biscuits pour bébés de marque Nestlé vendus ...
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20 Feb 2017
Baby biscuits with high levels of known carcinogen found on sale in France
A snapshot survey of a range of biscuits and rusks for babies and infants on sale in France shows that products with high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, continue to be p...
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10 Feb 2017
Commission to set maximum acrylamide levels in ready-to-eat foods
The European Commission plans to set maximum levels for acrylamide in ready-to-eat foods such as baby foods, crisps and breakfast cereals. Read the full article on BakeryAndSnacks ...
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24 Jan 2017
Food additive E171: first findings of oral exposure to titanium dioxide nanoparticles
Researchers from INRA and their partners have studied the effects of oral exposure to titanium dioxide, an additive (E171) commonly used in foodstuffs, especially confectionary. T...
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12 Jan 2017
Monsanto’s Roundup linked to liver disease, study says
A new study has found that low-dose and long-term exposure to Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup causes liver disease in female rats. Read the full article on EurActiv website. Read...
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15 Dec 2016
Medical community alarmed by global rise in diabetes cases
The rise of diabetes is causing avoidable deaths and imposing substantial costs on ailing healthcare systems. Alarmed, lawmakers are attempting to improve prevention and get the em...
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12 Dec 2016
‘TTIP may come back from the dead,’ warns expert
Opposition to the EU’s transatlantic trade deals is alive and well. According to activists, TTIP is far from dead and CETA can still be stopped. The Transatlantic Trade and Inves...
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22 Nov 2016
NGOs: Commission’s acrylamide regulation has ‘wrong’ legal basis
Food and consumer organisations claim that the European Commission’s draft regulation on acrylamide is based on a wrong regulation and this has a direct effect on the lack of max...
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11 Nov 2016
Acrylamide proposals strengthened in new draft
The European Commission has moved to strengthen proposed new regulations on acrylamide, but the amendments are unlikely to be enough to appease campaigners. Read the full article ...
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10 Nov 2016
Slow Food address EU Commissioner over meat promotion
Following the recent declarations of Phil Hogan, European Agriculture Commissioner, announcing his plan to allocate 15 million dollars a year to promote meat consumption in Europe,...
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21 Oct 2016
Health risks of materials in contact with food: tighter EU safety rules needed
EU-wide safety rules are needed for more materials in contact with food, such as those used in packaging, kitchen utensils and tableware, say MEPs in a non-binding resolution voted...
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