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05 Nov 2024

COP29 to address food systems and their impact on the environment

As reported by Food Navigator Europe, COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 11 to 22 November. The conference aims at advancing the goals of the Paris Agreement and the m...

Tags: COP29, Food Agriculture and Water Day, Food Systems

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04 Nov 2024

Ultra-processed truths

Ultra-processed foods contain many additives and are often marketed using misleading terms. We want the next European Commission to pay attention to this. Watch our Deputy Director...

Tags: Food Additives, misleading marketing, ultra-processed foods

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18 Oct 2024

Food inflation, highest in 18 months according to FAO

Although inflation in September fell in the eurozone, dropping to the lowest in the last three years and beyond expectations, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ale...

Tags: European Commission, FAO, inflation

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15 Oct 2024

SAFE calls on environment ministers to live up to their promises on climate and biodiversity

European Ministers of Environment meeting in Brussels on 14 October remained committed to the goal of global warming to 1.5°C as they prepared for the next world climate summit in...

Tags: biodiversity, Climate Change, Environment

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14 Oct 2024

The UK announces TV ban on junk food ads before 9 pm

As reported by the BBC, the UK government has announced that starting October 1, 2025, junk food ads will be banned on TV before 9 PM, to protect children’s health. This measure ...

Tags: junk food, Obesity, TV ads

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08 Oct 2024

A double standard in global trade and EU health protection: How Europe’s banned pesticides end up on our plates

A new report by PAN Europe reveals that hazardous pesticides banned in Europe can still be found in European consumers’ diets. These toxic pesticides, often produced by...

Tags: Controls on imports, Food Safety, Pesticides

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04 Oct 2024

Greenpeace reveals mega-farm bias in EU agricultural policy

A Greenpeace briefing, named “Go Big or Go Burst” reveals that, because of the way subsidies are designed, current EU farming policies force farmers to industrialise an...

Tags: Agriculture, Environment, mega-farms

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30 Sep 2024

Research links food insecurity in early life and pregnancy to higher rates of child obesity

As reported by Nutrition Insight, a new research funded by the National Institutes of Health’s ECHO program shows that food insecurity during early childhood or pregnancy increas...

Tags: Food Insecurity, Obesity

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25 Sep 2024

EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL: THE MANY RISKS

The Heinrich Böll Foundation, linked to the German Green Party, has put out their assessment of the risks the European Green Deal faces under the new European Commission. Those ri...

Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Pesticides

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18 Sep 2024

3,600 food contact chemicals found in humans

The food we eat travels and is sold wrapped in over 14,400 non-edible chemical substances, present in bottles, cans, plastic foil, paper, and any other packaging. These are kn...

Tags: FCCs, Food Packaging, health

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11 Sep 2024

Global GHG emissions reach record high in 2023

Share this article The EU’s research body, JRC, released its annual climate metrics report in early September, highlighting the EU’s progress in climate action. In 2023, global...

Tags: Alternative proteins, GHG, Like a Pro

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05 Sep 2024

Plastic Overshoot Day 2024: Global Waste Crisis Surpasses Management Capacity

Share this article As reported by Packaging Insights, today September 5th marks the Plastic Overshoot Day, when global plastic waste surpasses the world’s waste management capaci...

Tags: Plastic Overshoot Day, Plastic Waste, Pollution