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21 May 2015
European Commission and chemicals lobby deny delaying tactics over hormone disruptors
The European Commission and the chemicals industry have rejected claims, revealed by leaked emails in a new NGO report, that they actively sought to slow down work on the definitio...
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20 May 2015
Standards to better inform about food security decisions
In the context of Expo Milano 2015, on 20 May 2015, the JRC and the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development host participating...
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12 May 2015
German states call for ban on household pesticide
Germany’s state consumer protection ministers are calling for an EU-wide ban on the leading global pesticide Glyphosat, after it was categorised as carcinogenic by the WHO. Howev...
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11 May 2015
Regulators urged to promote trust in Europe’s food chain
As the agricultural sector faces mounting pressure to raise production, consumer trust in the safety of the food supply chain has been eroding, a European Commission official warne...
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29 Apr 2015
US to open TTIP “reading rooms” across EU
The US government will open “reading rooms” in its embassies across the European Union, so that national politicians can read secret documents related to the Transatlantic Trad...
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24 Apr 2015
Germany sceptical of national import ban on GM foods
Despite overwhelming public disapproval of genetically modified crops, the Merkel government is reluctant to prohibit imports of GM soy and corn. Read the report by EurActiv German...
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22 Apr 2015
EU proposal on GMO food criticised by Greenpeace, industry
The European Commission’s proposed new rules on the approval of food derived from genetically-modified organisms (GMOs), published on Wednesday (22 April), have immediately a...
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22 Apr 2015
Officials accuse Timmermans of delaying EU health, food safety rules
A growing number of officials in the European Commission’s health unit are complaining that health and food safety legislation is being delayed due to slow decision-making fr...
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21 Apr 2015
Ombudsman: EU must interrogate US over TTIP transparency
The United States’ resistance to greater transparency in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks, poses a problem to a European Commission that must answe...
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20 Apr 2015
Opinion: What will EU parliamentarians vote on TTIP?
If EPP members are mobilised, and a small number of S&D MEPs break the group line (or simply don’t vote), then a narrow majority may push through a softened ISDS, writes Doru...
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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...
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