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11 Jun 2015
EP vote and debate on TTIP recommendations postponed: what’s next?
The debate and vote on Parliament’s recommendations on the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations were postponed because of the high numbe...
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08 Jun 2015
New experts join EFSA’s Scientific Committee and Panels
EFSA has renewed the memberships of eight of its scientific Panels and its Scientific Committee, boosting its scientific excellence with a new intake of experts. The 167 scientists...
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05 Jun 2015
EFSA: Acrylamide in food is a public health concern
Following a comprehensive review, EFSA has published its scientific opinion on acrylamide in food. Experts from EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) have recon...
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02 Jun 2015
Animal health: “The principle is the same whether you are taking care of a dog, a cat or 3,000 pigs”
A proposal to streamline and simplify complicated animal health rules in the EU was informally agreed by MEPs, the European Commission and the national governments on 1 June. Marit...
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28 May 2015
MEPs want healthier eating habits in school
A majority of MEPs on Wednesday (27 May) backed the Commission’s proposals for the EU’s merged fruit and milk scheme in schools, in order to promote healthier eating ha...
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21 May 2015
European Commission and chemicals lobby deny delaying tactics over hormone disruptors
The European Commission and the chemicals industry have rejected claims, revealed by leaked emails in a new NGO report, that they actively sought to slow down work on the definitio...
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20 May 2015
Standards to better inform about food security decisions
In the context of Expo Milano 2015, on 20 May 2015, the JRC and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development host participating...
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12 May 2015
German states call for ban on household pesticide
Germany’s state consumer protection ministers are calling for an EU-wide ban on the leading global pesticide Glyphosat, after it was categorised as carcinogenic by the WHO. Howev...
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11 May 2015
Regulators urged to promote trust in Europe’s food chain
As the agricultural sector faces mounting pressure to raise production, consumer trust in the safety of the food supply chain has been eroding, a European Commission official warne...
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29 Apr 2015
US to open TTIP “reading rooms” across EU
The US government will open “reading rooms” in its embassies across the European Union, so that national politicians can read secret documents related to the Transatlantic Trad...
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24 Apr 2015
Germany sceptical of national import ban on GM foods
Despite overwhelming public disapproval of genetically modified crops, the Merkel government is reluctant to prohibit imports of GM soy and corn. Read the report by EurActiv German...
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22 Apr 2015
EU proposal on GMO food criticised by Greenpeace, industry
The European Commission’s proposed new rules on the approval of food derived from genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), published on Wednesday (22 April), have immediately a...
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