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25 Aug 2015
Germany initiates move to ban GMO crops
Germany has instigated a move to stop the growing of genetically modified crops under new European Union rules, according to official documents. Read more here....
Tags: GMO
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13 Aug 2015
EU wastes tonnes of food, and UK is the worst offender
The European Union wastes about 22 million tonnes of food a year and Britain wastes the most, according to a study by European Commission-backed researchers. Read more here....
Tags: European Commission, Food Waste
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24 Jul 2015
British lawmakers demand action from Juncker on food waste
The House of Lords, along with 16 member states, sent a letter to Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on 22 July demanding that the EU crack down on food waste. Read the Eurac...
Tags: European Commission, Food Waste
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20 Jul 2015
Minister Coveney: Common Agricultural Policy simplification will ease the burden on farmers
Simon Coveney, Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, was a lead negotiator of the 2014-2020 Common Agricultural Policy during his country’s EU presidency in ...
Tags: Agriculture
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16 Jul 2015
GMO imports: MEPs object to draft law allowing national bans, call for plan B
A draft EU law that would enable any member state to restrict or prohibit the use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on its territory was strongly opposed by MEPs from all political g...
Tags: European Parliament, Food Safety
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03 Jul 2015
Foodwatch boss: ‘Europeans will not stomach TTIP anymore’
The EU-US free trade agreement, TTIP, is a big lie, says Thilo Bode, the director of the NGO Foodwatch, discussing his latest book on the transatlantic trade deal. Click here to re...
Tags: TTIP
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03 Jul 2015
Dossier: GMO cultivation in Europe – A decade of legal battles
The European Union has agreed on a new approach to the cultivation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) which allows member states to ban or restrict GMOs in their territory. Th...
Tags: GMO
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30 Jun 2015
WHO re-classifies Agent Orange herbicide as ‘carcinogenic’
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified the common herbicide 2.4-Dichlorophenoxyacet acid as “possibly carcinogenic to humans”. Read EurAc...
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25 Jun 2015
EP: Consideration of plenary amendments on TTIP
[25-06-2015] During extraordinary meeting on 29 June, INTA will consider the plenary amendments and related requests, for split and separate votes, that were tabled to the report c...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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22 Jun 2015
EuroparlTV: Cloned animals – would you eat them?
In Europe, cloned animals haven’t made their way into the food supply chain – yet – but they’re not banned from it either. EU legislation on cloning is prov...
Tags: Animals, Cloning, European Parliament
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18 Jun 2015
Ban not just animal cloning, but cloned food, feed and imports too, say MEPs
EP Press release – Agriculture / Public health A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the...
Tags: Cloning, European Parliament
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17 Jun 2015
Circular economy: “systemic change” needed to address resource scarcity
European Parliament Press release – Environment Binding waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and the use of ...


