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15 Apr 2022
Study shows the lack of understanding of consumers on food contact materials
German consumer organisation Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (VZBV) conducted a study on German consumers’ perception and knowledge of food packaging and food contact mater...
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05 Apr 2022
New WHO study on sugar-sweetened beverage taxes
A recent WHO European Region study published in March 2022 evaluates the state of play associated with national sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes across Europe. The ultimate goa...
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29 Mar 2022
Acrylamide: A new study reveals the probability of carcinogenic exposure in baby foods
Acrylamide is a heated-induced toxicant generated by a chemical reaction that reduces sugar and amino acids present in foods. Most industrial and cooking methods induce the formati...
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25 Mar 2022
Microplastic pollution: recent study shows the presence of microplastics in human blood
A pioneering study trying to detect the presence of microplastic pollution in human blood was published this week, showing alarming results. Microplastics were found in t...
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17 Mar 2022
Recent call to reform the pesticides evaluation system.
In a recent video, MEP Eric Andrieu, points out the shortcomings in the current pesticide evaluation system. Highlighting that the current situation induces a great health risk, wh...
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10 Mar 2022
Acrylamide in food: the urgent need to reform the current legislation
Acrylamide is a chemical compound generated during high-temperature cooking processes that transform sugar and amino acids present in food products. For many years the scientific c...
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01 Mar 2022
Climate Change threatens food security
The latest IPCC report portrays an alarming scenario for the future of our food systems. Global warming threatens food production and access to food. According to researchers, the ...
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10 Feb 2022
Regulatory challenges: the case of E171 in the EU and the UK
Titanium dioxide, also known as E171 is an additive very commonly used as a white colourant in food, but also in many other products, e.g., paints, cosmetics, toothpaste, etc. ...
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04 Feb 2022
Joint Letter to MEPs calling for a cross-party consensus on the #BECA report in the plenary vote
SAFE and other 11 organizations (Association of European Cancer Leagues, European Alcohol Policy Alliance, European Chronic Disease Alliance, European Institute of Women’s Health...
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25 Jan 2022
New evidence on a potential correlation between the consumption of ultra-processed foods and early death
The term ‘ultra-processed foods’ refers to products that have undergone a substantial amount of industrial processing and whose nutritional labels generally report a long list ...
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13 Jan 2022
Recent study calls for the need to warn consumers on ultra-processed foods’ harmful effects
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are foods that have been chemically or physically transformed through industrial processing. While most modern foods are processed in some way (e.g. ...
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06 Jan 2022
Plant-based put forward in the EU’s 2022 promotional policy
The EU will support the consumption of plant-based products as reported in the 2022 promotional policy published last December. The policy allocates 185.9 million euros to the prom...
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