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News
23 Jan 2020
Commissioner Kyriakides respond to 34 MEPs’ letter on E171
On 17 December 2019, a cross-party coalition of 34 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to ask for an extension of the French ban on the whit...
Tags: DG SANTE, E171, EFSA, Food Additives, Food Safety, health, MEP
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News
18 Dec 2019
MEPs support the French ban on food additive E171
On 17 December 2019, a cross-party coalition of 34 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to ask for an extension of the French ban on E171 to ...
Tags: Consumers Rights, E171, European Parliament, nanoparticles, titanium dioxide
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News
16 Dec 2019
31 NGOs asking for an ambitious Farm to Fork Strategy
30 civil society organisations have written an open letter in order to highlight the priorities and actions that the F2F strategy should have in order to provide a coherent respo...
Tags: F2F strategy, Farm to Fork, NGOs, Open letter
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News
06 Dec 2019
European civil society groups urge EU Commissioner to ban E171 in food
On 5 Dec 2019, European civil society groups have sent a joint letter to Ms. Stella Kyriakides – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety on the issue of the white co...
Tags: Consumers, E171, European Commission, Food Safety, health, Petition, titanium dioxide
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News
05 Nov 2019
Many food products analysed in the EU market may contribute to unhealthy diets
A recent study of the European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) reveals that many packaged food products frequently sold in the EU market contain very high levels of sugar, s...
Tags: Children, Fat, Marketing, Obesity, Packaged Food, Salt, Sugar, Unhealthy Diets
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News
30 Oct 2019
Concerns about E171 cross borders
As shown in a test done on 12 different products, titanium dioxide in food (E171) is present in plenty of your food without you even knowing about it. SAFE has launched a petition ...
Tags: Consumers Rights, E171, Food Additives, titanium dioxide
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News
29 Oct 2019
Mexico to present new rules to fight against obesity
The Mexican government will soon present new rules which require processed foods containing high levels of sugar, saturated fat, sodium and calories to display warning labels. As o...
Tags: food label, Labelling, Mexico, Obesity, Sugar
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News
24 Oct 2019
Singapore to ban adverts promoting drinks with high sugar content to tackle obesity and diabetes
Singapore will soon become the first country to target aggressive marketing practices as promotion of drinks with high sugar content will be banned from adverts. As diabetes and ob...
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News
22 Oct 2019
Petition to extend the French ban on Titanium Dioxide in Food Products (E171)
SAFE, ECOS and Agir Pour l’Environnement have launched a petition to support the removal of controversial food additive E171 (Titanium Dioxide) from the French market. We cal...
Tags: E171, ECHA, Food Additives, NGO, titanium dioxide
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News
23 Sep 2019
E171: consumers must be put first
SAFE and other CSOs recently published a press release to urge the European Commission and national expert representatives to uphold the French ban on food colourant E171 (Titanium...
Tags: Consumers Rights, E171, European Commission, Petition, titanium dioxide
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News
18 Sep 2019
Call for new EU legislation on Food Contact Materials to be based on five key principles
SAFE and 24 NGOs welcome the European Commission’s initiative to evaluate the EU’s food contact material (FCM) legislation in a joint letter. The evaluation, including the furt...
Tags: chemicals, Circular Economy, European Commission, FCM, Transparency
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News
17 Sep 2019
Study Reveals Inaccurate Labelling Information on Food Products: Consumers Being Misled?
The level of micronutrients in a variety of cornflour products in Mexico is significantly lower than which is stated on the products’ package, according to a recent study carried...
Tags: Consumers Rights, food label, fortification, Labelling, Mexico, Micronutrients
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