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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...
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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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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...
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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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13 Jan 2015
European Parliament backs GMO opt-out for EU member states
New legislation to allow EU member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their own territory, even if this is allow...
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06 Jan 2015
Waste Legislative package (COD) – Exchange of views & Public Hearing
An exchange of views with the European Commission, represented by Director General Mr Karl Falkenberg, on the review of six waste directives (Waste Framework, Packaging & Packi...
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18 Dec 2014
New EU labelling information for consumers: good or bad news?
Several new labelling rules are included in the EU Regulation on Food Information to consumers and are made mandatory as of 13 December 2014. SAFE welcomes the new labelling infor...
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14 Nov 2014
Without correct and complete labelling there is no choice!
On the 11 of November 2014, the Italian Presidency of the EU organized in the European Parliament in Brussels a conference titled “Food safety and quality towards Expo 2015”. S...
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27 Oct 2014
EU project to encourage debate on sustainable diets
LiveWell for LIFE is a project funded through the EU’s LIFE Programme for the Environment and will be implemented over three years (2011-2014) by WWF (WWF-UK, WWF European Polic...
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25 Oct 2014
Meeting on the outcome of the public consultation on “Acrylamide in Food”
When: 10 December 2014 Where: Brussels More: Here In line with EFSA’s policy on openness and transparency, on 1 July 2014 EFSA launched an open consultation on the draft scientif...
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23 Oct 2014
Threshold of Toxicological Concern – EFSA meets stakeholders
When: 2 December 2014 Where: Brussels More: Here The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have embarked on a project to review the science ...
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