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News
22 Nov 2018
Joint letter on the EU delegated act on the measurement of food waste
The European Commission will soon adopt a delegated act establishing a common methodology for food waste measurement. However, it appears that the latest draft of the delegated act...
Tags: Food Safety, Food Waste, Harvest, SAFE
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News
13 Nov 2018
New report points at reduction of animal products to initiate a Low-Carbon Transition in the food sector
Consumption of animal products such as meat and dairy has increased at an unprecedented pace since 1950s. Less animal products not only means healthier food, but also an earth-frie...
Tags: animal welfare, Environment, Food Safety, transition
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31 Oct 2018
Rigorous Science, Safe Food, and a Healthy Environment – A Manifesto
The European Union has one of the best regulations for pesticides in the world – in theory. But it is not implemented in practice. SAFE has joined the new “Citizens for Scien...
Tags: Environment, Food, Food Safety, Pesticides, SAFE, science
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23 Oct 2018
Tackling Childhood Obesity in the EU: Prospects and Challenges
Floriana Cimmarusti, Secretary General of SAFE, will speak publicly in The international “Tackling Childhood Obesity in the EU: Halting the Rise through Prevention and Close...
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07 Sep 2018
About the fast-track approval of 140 new plastic recycling processes: risks and challenges
Is it safe to use recycled plastic in food and drink packaging? Secretary General Floriana Cimmarusti talked to Euractiv about the risks of a fast-track approval of 140 recycling p...
Tags: Food Safety, plastic, recycled plastic, Recycling, recycling processes, SAFE
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News
03 Sep 2018
Recycled plastics: ‘There will always be a risk’
Until now, companies have stayed away from using recycled plastics in food packaging because of safety concerns. But times are chaning and they seem ready to reconsider their stan...
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News
20 Jul 2018
Building momentum: lessons on implementing a robust sugar sweetened beverage tax
This recent report from the World Cancer Research Fund International provides guidance about designing, defending and implementing a robust SSB tax, drawing lessons from countries ...
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News
17 Jul 2018
The pesticide-free town: Sowing the seeds of tomorrow
In 2014 Mals, a small town in the north of Italy, became the first community in the world to ban pesticide use through a referendum. How did these activists triumph over the pestic...
Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Italy, Organic, Pesticides
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News
13 Jul 2018
Europol: Massive seizure of fake pesticides which could spray the size of the UK
Europol’s annual Operation SILVER AXE III seized the largest-ever amount of illegal or counterfeit pesticides in Europe this week. But the fact that such massive amounts of illeg...
Tags: Consumers, Environment, EU, Food Safety, Pesticides
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News
11 Jul 2018
EU Parliament backs microplastic bans to tackle plastic pollution
On July 10, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee voted to strengthen the Commission’s overall plans to cut plastic pollution, under the so-called Plastics Strategy. MEP...
Tags: Environment, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Plastics
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News
06 Jul 2018
Listeria monocytogenes: update on foodborne outbreak
Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables are the likely source of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has been affecting Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the...
Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Food Safety
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News
04 Jul 2018
New guidance on nanotechnologies in food and feed
EFSA has published its guidance on how to assess the safety of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications. The guidance focuses on the safety assessment for human and animal healt...
Tags: Additives, EFSA, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Pesticides
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