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News
17 Apr 2015
EFSA: Chemicals in Food – Establishing safe levels
Video by EFSA: Our bodies, our environment and our food are all made up of chemicals. Most of the chemicals in food are harmless or even beneficial such nutrients like proteins, fa...
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16 Apr 2015
European Commission clarifies new GMO import rules
An internal document seen by EurActiv discloses Commission plans to give member states the final say on whether or not to accept GMO imports. EurActiv France reports. Click here to...
Tags: European Commission, GMO
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16 Apr 2015
MEPs want health excluded from TTIP talks
On 14 April, Members of the Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted in favour of an opinion which calls for five health-related ...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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10 Apr 2015
Agriculture poses immense threat to environment, German study says
Conventional agriculture is causing enormous environmental damage in Germany, warns a study by the country’s Federal Environment Agency, saying a transition to organic farming an...
Tags: Environment
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News
09 Apr 2015
Commission prepares minimal reform of GMO imports
The European executive plans to present a new legal framework for GMO imports by the end of the month. Member states could be given the final say over imports, a possibility that d...
Tags: European Commission, GMO
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News
23 Mar 2015
UN cancer agency issues warning about five pesticides
The UN’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) said Friday (20 March) that three pesticides were “probably” carcinogenic and two others, which have a...
Tags: Pesticides
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News
16 Mar 2015
Euractiv: EU to step up TTIP communication efforts
European leaders want to step up communication efforts around the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, the EU-US trade talks that have been marred by controversy. Click ...
Tags: TTIP
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News
12 Mar 2015
EFSA: Over 97% of foods in EU contain pesticide residues within legal limits
More than 97% of food samples evaluated by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) contain pesticide residue levels that fall within legal limits, with just under 55% of samples ...
Tags: EFSA, Food Safety, Pesticides
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News
09 Mar 2015
MEPs to grill Commission over delays in tackling hormone-disrupting chemicals
Plenary sessions : Growing worries that endocrine disruptors can damage your health will be raised in MEPs questions to health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on Monday, 9 Marc...
Tags: Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament
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News
28 Feb 2015
Video: MEPs & NGOs at odds over effect of Europe’s GMO stance on developing world
It took Europe three years to break the deadlock on Genetically Modified Organisms. The European Parliament decided last month to give member states the choice to ban or allow the ...
Tags: European Parliament, GMO, TTIP
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News
10 Feb 2015
Euractiv: Parliament divided over meat labels
Most of the parties in the European Parliament want to see stricter labeling of the meat used in ready meals, but the implementation costs remain uncertain. EurActiv France reports...
Tags: European Parliament, Labelling
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Uncategorized
09 Feb 2015
Euractiv: ‘Suppressed’ EU report could have banned pesticides worth billions
As many as 31 pesticides with a value running into billions of pounds could have been banned because of potential health risks, if a blocked EU paper on hormone-mimicking chemicals...
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