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11 Jun 2018
Food safety in the future EU budget (2021-2027)
On June 7, the Commission adopted a legislative proposal for a new Single Market Programme, which also addresses food policies. Specific objectives include: supporting sustainable ...
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06 Jun 2018
Catena italiana di prodotti sfusi apre negozio a Parigi
“Negozio Leggero”, la catena italiana di prodotti senza imballaggi, sbarca a Parigi. Il 23 giugno apre il primo negozio del franchising nella capitale francese, in zona...
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05 Jun 2018
Pesticide Dependency Reductions must become one of the success indicators of the Common Agricultural Policy
On the 1st of June, the European Commission has published its legislative proposals and its impact assessment on CAP reform. Within the hundreds of pages of documents, pesticide us...
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04 Jun 2018
European alliance calls for a ‘Common Food Policy’ to replace the CAP
Following the EU Food and Farming Forum of 29-30 May 2018, a group of more than 30 European think tanks, NGOs and farming groups have united to call for a ‘Common Food Policy’ ...
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01 Jun 2018
50 shades of green: Europe’s farm reforms explained
Deep budget cuts and an untested plan to let national governments take the reins are causing jitters across the bloc. Read the full article on Politico here....
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30 May 2018
Insufficient consideration for food issue in CAP
The Commission is due to unveil its next Common Agriculture Policy on June 1st and Olivier De Schutter, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right for food and co-chair of the inter...
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29 May 2018
European Congress on Obesity 2018: What’s new in obesity research?
The 25th European Congress on Obesity (ECO 2018) took place in Vienna, Austria from 23rd to 26th May 2018. This year’s topics included science, treatment and public health, w...
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24 May 2018
Revealed: majority of politicians on key EU farming panel have industry links
Research uncovers that 25 out of 46 MEPs of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee have strong links to the farming sector they are charged with regulating. Read the ful...
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23 May 2018
Young people who ‘watch more junk food ads’ consume ‘thousands more calories’
According to a new study carried out by Cancer Research UK, teenagers who watch an extra junk food advert per week consume an extra 18,000 calories a year. The research will be pre...
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17 May 2018
Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome ‘at safe levels’, study claims
Study on rats said to show that the chemical, found in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, poses ‘a significant public health concern’. According to the pilot study, the substance...
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08 May 2018
Weedkiller products more toxic than their active ingredient, tests show
After more than 40 years of widespread use, new scientific tests show that some popular weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, have higher rates of toxicity t...
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07 May 2018
Fipronil: results of follow-up monitoring published
On 3 May 2018, EFSA published its analysis of food data collected following the widespread detection of fipronil in eggs last summer. The analysis showed that 742 out of 5,000 samp...
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