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25 Jun 2015
EP: Consideration of plenary amendments on TTIP
[25-06-2015] During extraordinary meeting on 29 June, INTA will consider the plenary amendments and related requests, for split and separate votes, that were tabled to the report c...
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22 Jun 2015
EuroparlTV: Cloned animals – would you eat them?
In Europe, cloned animals haven’t made their way into the food supply chain – yet – but they’re not banned from it either. EU legislation on cloning is prov...
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18 Jun 2015
Ban not just animal cloning, but cloned food, feed and imports too, say MEPs
EP Press release – Agriculture / Public health A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the...
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17 Jun 2015
Circular economy: “systemic change” needed to address resource scarcity
European Parliament Press release – Environment Binding waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and the use of ...
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11 Jun 2015
EP vote and debate on TTIP recommendations postponed: what’s next?
The debate and vote on Parliament’s recommendations on the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations were postponed because of the high numbe...
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08 Jun 2015
New experts join EFSA’s Scientific Committee and Panels
EFSA has renewed the memberships of eight of its scientific Panels and its Scientific Committee, boosting its scientific excellence with a new intake of experts. The 167 scientists...
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05 Jun 2015
EFSA: Acrylamide in food is a public health concern
Following a comprehensive review, EFSA has published its scientific opinion on acrylamide in food. Experts from EFSA’s Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) have recon...
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02 Jun 2015
Animal health: “The principle is the same whether you are taking care of a dog, a cat or 3,000 pigs”
A proposal to streamline and simplify complicated animal health rules in the EU was informally agreed by MEPs, the European Commission and the national governments on 1 June. Marit...
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28 May 2015
MEPs want healthier eating habits in school
A majority of MEPs on Wednesday (27 May) backed the Commission’s proposals for the EU’s merged fruit and milk scheme in schools, in order to promote healthier eating ha...
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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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