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12 Aug 2021
European Commission redefines maximum levels for cadmium and lead in food
On August 10th, the European Commission announced that new limits will apply for tolerated lead and cadmium levels in food products. These restrictions concern fruits, vegetables, ...
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12 Jul 2021
European Commission releases study on children exposure to marketing of high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) foods
On July 8th, 2021, DG SANTE released its final report on the exposure of children to linear, non-linear and online marketing of foods high in fat, salt or sugar. The goal of ...
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08 Jul 2021
Empowering consumer organisations : the Dual Food Quality Conference
The partners of the ECO-Empowering Consumer Organisations project were proud to present the achievements of their EU-project on Dual Food Quality during the final Eu...
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07 Jul 2021
New French study on heavy metal exposure in adults and children
On July 1st, 2021 an epidemiological study on heavy metal impregnation in adults and children was released by the French National Public Health Agency. The study – ...
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01 Jul 2021
Ethylene oxide in foods: still a long way to go in reaching coordination
In the past few months, organisations have revealed that non-compliant products containing ingredients illegally processed with ethylene oxide were still being sold without proper ...
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29 Jun 2021
Provisional agreement reached on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
On June 25th, 2021, a deal was finally found between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Council on the reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP...
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24 Jun 2021
EC Vice-President Timmermans addresses the EU Climate Law in the European Parliament
On 24 June 2021, European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans gave a speech on the brand new Climate Law in the European Parliament. On this occasion, he praised t...
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16 Jun 2021
Renewal of approval of glyphosate in 2022 : The Assessment Group on Glyphosate releases its draft assessment
In May 2019, the European Commission appointed France, Hungary, The Netherlands and Sweden to act as rapporteur Member States for the next assessment on glyphosate. Glyp...
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31 May 2021
MEPs follow up on EFSA’s opinion regarding E171
On 31 May 2021, a group of 4 MEPs from 3 different groups asked the Commission about its intent to propose an EU-wide ban on food additive E171 (titanium dioxide). It is still uncl...
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06 May 2021
E171 no longer considered safe for use as a food additive
On 6 May 2021, The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its long-awaited safety assessment of titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as a food additive (E171)[1]. The assessment c...
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20 Apr 2021
CSOs call on EP Committees to support an ambitious F2F report
Today, SAFE together with 23 civil society organisation called on the ENVI and AGRI Committees of the European Parliament through a joint letter detailing 10 priorities to support ...
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19 Apr 2021
Bulgaria: Pesticide with EU-banned substance still widely used in Bulgarian agriculture
The investigative journalist Valia Ahchieva published a video showing a sad reality in Bulgaria: The Mocap, a plant protection product containing an ingredient banned by the EU is ...
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