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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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News
05 Feb 2015
Strong demand from citizens for an obligatory transparency register
A new transparency register has been in force since 27 January, allowing everyone to find out which interest groups have been lobbying the EU institutions. However, the register, w...
Tags: European Parliament, Transparency
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News
21 Jan 2015
European Parliament: Trade committee debate on new recommendations for TTIP talks
The Parliament must use its influence on framing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) rules to ensure that they serve all EU citizens, not just a few economic ...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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News
21 Jan 2015
Food safety MEPs call for country of origin labelling of meat in processed foods
Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said Environment, Public Healt...
Tags: Country of origin, European Parliament, Food Safety, Labelling, Meat
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News
21 Jan 2015
SAFE concerned about EFSA decision on Bisphenol A
From today’s press release by the European Food Safety Authority: “EFSA’s comprehensive re-evaluation of bisphenol A (BPA) exposure and toxicity concludes that BPA po...
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News
17 Jan 2015
Agriculture Commissioner promises GMO labelling, despite TTIP
If a product contains genetically modified corn, it will still be labelled as such in the future, assured EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan, seeking to dispel fears that consu...
Tags: European Commission, GMO, Labelling, TTIP
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News
16 Jan 2015
HEAL: ‘Endocrine disruptors are one of the biggest public health threats of this century’
Although hormone-disrupting chemicals are recognised as a global public health threat by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Commission’s public consultation on...
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