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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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16 Apr 2015
MEPs want health excluded from TTIP talks
On 14 April, Members of the Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted in favour of an opinion which calls for five health-related ...
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10 Apr 2015
Agriculture poses immense threat to environment, German study says
Conventional agriculture is causing enormous environmental damage in Germany, warns a study by the country’s Federal Environment Agency, saying a transition to organic farming an...
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09 Apr 2015
Commission prepares minimal reform of GMO imports
The European executive plans to present a new legal framework for GMO imports by the end of the month. Member states could be given the final say over imports, a possibility that d...
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