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News
11 Mar 2018
Big Sugar Versus Your Body
Most of us eat a lot of sugar. We are surrounded by it, and it’s delicious. Unfortunately, sugar also encourages overeating and causes health problems. Research consistently poin...
Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar
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News
05 Mar 2018
Greenpeace: Cut out meat to meet Paris Agreement goals
According to a new Greenpeace report, the world needs to cut the production and consumption of meat in half by 2050 in order to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement. The ...
Tags: Agriculture, Animals, CAP, Climate Change, Environment, Meat
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News
05 Mar 2018
Far From Transparency
Last February 21st, the European Parliament’s Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs approved an amendment proposed by Italian MEPs Fulvio Martusciello and Alberto Cirio...
Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Labelling, MEP, Palm oil, Transparency
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News
26 Feb 2018
Obesity is a greater threat for millennials than cannabis. It’s absurd
In the UK, seven out of 10 millennials are expected to be “overweight or obese” by their late 30s – compared with an already alarming half of baby-boomers. The well-documen...
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News
21 Feb 2018
Des OGM interdits découverts dans des aliments pour animaux
Un vent de panique souffle sur la Commission européenne. Selon des documents officiels auquel Le Monde a eu accès, des produits destinés à l’alimentation animale ont été ...
Tags: Agriculture, Animals, Consumers, European Commission, Food Safety, France, GMO
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News
20 Feb 2018
Are we poisoning our children with plastic?
The chemical BPA is widely added to food and drink packaging, and more than 80% of teenagers have it in their bodies. But how dangerous is it? Read the full article on The Guardian...
Tags: Babies, BPA, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Plastics
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News
07 Feb 2018
In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger
Facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, the Chilean government is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling r...
Tags: Children, Consumers, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar
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News
12 Jan 2018
MEPs back down from EU bisphenol ban
The European Parliament has shied away from demanding a full ban on bisphenol A, instead approving measures that will lower the amount of the chemical that can be part of food pack...
Tags: BPA, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, MEP
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Press Releases
12 Jan 2018
Too much acrylamide in chips?
With the new Regulation on acrylamide applicable in the EU from April 11, 2018, the food industry is still a long way off the new benchmark levels referred to in the legislation. R...
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News
10 Jan 2018
Public consultation: sugars in food
EFSA is seeking feedback on the approach it plans to take for its upcoming assessment of dietary sugars. The aim of the assessment is to establish a cut-off value for intake of “...
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News
08 Jan 2018
Jamie Oliver leads calls to ban energy drink sales to U16s
Read the full article on Food Navigator here....
Tags: Consumers, energy drinks, jamie oliver, Obesity, Sugar
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News
05 Jan 2018
Six member states call for glyphosate alternatives, exit plan
Six member states that opposed the re-authorisation glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, sent a letter to the European Commission last month asking the EU execu...
Tags: Agriculture, ECHA, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, GMO, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup
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