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News
12 Jan 2023
Improved quality and access to drinking water
With a press release, the European Commission announced that, as of today, Europeans can be assured of improved quality and access to drinking water thanks to new requirements fr...
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News
09 Jan 2023
Fewer adverse pregnancy problems with a Mediterranean diet
According to a new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association’s Nutrition Obesity and Excercise, the Mediterranean diet is linked to fewer adverse ...
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News
03 Jan 2023
New rules on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in waste
After the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on the Commission proposal to introduce stricter limits for some of the most harmful chemicals in waste,...
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Press Releases
21 Dec 2022
SAFE’s press release on Food Donations
With the need to reduce food waste and to help the most disadvantagedsegments of the population, both policy interventions and private initiativeson food donation have multiplied. ...
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News
15 Dec 2022
Green light for the new Common Agricultural Policy
The approval of all 28 Strategic Plans (one for each EU country and two for Belgium) by the European Commission marks the start of the new Common Agricultural Policy...
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News
07 Dec 2022
PFAS: European Commission adopts new rules against dangerous contaminants in food
The European Commission adopted new rules to protect citizens against chemicals that can have negative consequences on the immune system, the development of foe...
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News
05 Dec 2022
Open letter to the European Commission on keeping up the ambition in times of energy crisis
Together with 29 other organisations and associations, Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) sent an open letter to the President of the European Commission, the Executive-Vice-President, the Co...
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News
30 Nov 2022
Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive
The European Commission has published its long-awaited proposal for a review of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive. The revision follows up on the European Green Deal, whe...
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News
31 Oct 2022
Manifesto for establishing minimum standards for public canteens across the EU
Following a policy paper on ‘Sustainable Public Procurement of Food: A Goal Within Reach’, which presented the ‘business case’ for sustainable healthy food procurement, and...
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News
12 Jul 2022
New Anses opinion confirms link between nitrite consumption and cancer
In a highly anticipated opinion published on July 12, 2022, the French national agency for food safety (Agence nationale de sécurité alimentaire – Anses) confirms for the f...
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News
08 Jun 2022
MEP calls for health education in schools to tackle obesity
As obesity continues to rise alarmingly in Europe, MEP Tudor Ciuhodaru (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats – Romania) calls on the European Commission to reinforce ...
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News
03 Jun 2022
New RAC assessment on the risks of glyphosate
On May 30th, The Risk Evaluation Committee (RAC) from ECHA published the conclusions of its assessment on the various risks of glyphosate. Based on hundreds of feedbacks from vario...
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