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Press Release
24 Mar 2023
EU Commission presents Substantiating Green Claims proposal to tackle greenwashing
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News
21 Mar 2023
EFSA, mineral oil hydrocarbons in food are a “potential health concern”
While the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provisionally confirmed that some substances in the group know as mineral oil aromatic hydrocarbons (MOAH) are a possible health con...
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News
14 Mar 2023
No obstacles to ban glyphosate – New report by PAN Europe shows that alternatives exist for all uses
Ahead of the EU’s decision on whether or not to re-approve glyphosate at the end of this year, the NGO Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe has just published a report for t...
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News
03 Mar 2023
Food safety, EU Commission adopts rules to lower arsenic levels in food
The European Commission adopted new rules to lower the presence of arsenic in food products. Lower maximum levels (MLs) are being adopted as an important measur...
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News
22 Feb 2023
EU Commission authorises two genetically modified crops as food and animal feed
The European Commission has authorised the use of genetically modified rapeseed and has renewed the authorisation for genetically modified soy, intended for human and animal consum...
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News
13 Feb 2023
Organisations urge the Commission to stick to Sustainable Food System Law timeline
Political resistance against sustainable food policies is threatening to derail the process for an EU Sustainable Food Systems Law. Against this backdrop, 286 organisations have is...
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News
09 Feb 2023
ECHA publishes PFAS restriction proposal
ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, published a restriction proposal on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as ‘forever chemicals’). The proposal was...
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News
02 Feb 2023
European Commission adopts stringent residue limits for pesticides to protect pollinators
The European Commission adopted new rules that aim to lower the Maximum Residues Levels (MRLs) of the pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam in food. The European Court of Justic...
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News
20 Jan 2023
Total copper intakes below new safe level, EFSA says
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has established a new acceptable daily intake (ADI) for copper and assessed that the combined exposure to copper from all sources doe...
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News
19 Jan 2023
European Court of Justice bans use of bee-toxic pesticides
The European Court of Justice ruled that EU countries should no longer be allowed temporary exemptions for banned, bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides. These prohibition measures we...
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News
12 Jan 2023
Improved quality and access to drinking water
With a press release, the European Commission announced that, as of today, Europeans can be assured of improved quality and access to drinking water thanks to new requirements fr...
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News
03 Jan 2023
New rules on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste
After the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Commission proposal to introduce stricter limits for some of the most harmful chemicals in waste,...
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