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23 Feb 2016
Study: Reducing meat and dairy consumption required to meet climate goals
Europeans need to eat less beef and consume less dairy products in order to reach the EU’s climate goals, according to a new study by Swedish researchers. Deep cuts in greenhouse...
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19 Feb 2016
Draft guidance on applications for novel foods and traditional foods from third countries: public consultation and stakeholder meeting
EFSA has launched a public consultation on two draft guidance documents in the area of novel foods. EFSA developed the documents following the adoption in November 2015 of the EU R...
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12 Feb 2016
GMOs and pesticides could be tolerated in organic food under new EU rules
MEPs have voted not to strip organic agricultural products of their certification if they are contaminated with GMOs or pesticides, as the majority of cases of contamination are ac...
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03 Feb 2016
MEPs object to three GM soybean authorisations
The EU Commission should not authorize the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM soybeans in food and feed, said Parliament on Wednesday. MEPs note that glyphosate, a herbicide, is classif...
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28 Jan 2016
EFSA: Food contact materials – building on scientific developments
EFSA’s experts recommend refining the safety assessment of substances used in food contact materials, including the introduction of a more comprehensive approach to estimate cons...
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28 Jan 2016
Eating less meat will save the planet, study says
Euractiv – The overconsumption of meat will inevitably push global temperatures to dangerous levels, a recent study has warned, urging reluctant governments to take action. C...
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28 Jan 2016
Baby food: “Let’s boot out excess sugar, babies are sweet enough already”
MEPs have forced the European Commission back to the drawing board after rejecting its plans that would have allowed baby food to continue to contain up to three times more sugar t...
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27 Jan 2016
EFSA: Pesticides – breakthrough on cumulative risk assessment
EFSA and its European partners have taken a major step forward in their work on assessing the cumulative risks from exposure to pesticides. A software tool has been developed for c...
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13 Jan 2016
EU food safety watchdog hits back at scientists in glyphosate spat
The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in an ongoing row about the safety of wee...
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13 Jan 2016
Glyphosate: EFSA responds to critics
EFSA has replied to criticism of the EU assessment of glyphosate that was overseen by the Authority last year. Read their reply here....
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11 Jan 2016
TTIP: The downfall of EU agriculture?
A new study has concluded that TTIP threatens to completely change the way small and medium sized farms operate, through the use of more genetic engineering and more hormone-treate...
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10 Dec 2015
EU aims to crack down on unsustainable palm oil and illegal logging
In the next five years, the major European players, including Germany, want palm oil production to become 100% sustainable and to see an end to illegal logging. EurActiv Germany re...
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