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Uncategorized
01 Dec 2025
On n’est pas de pigeons
The consumer protection show on French-speaking Belgian public TV La Une — On n’est pas de pigeons presented SAFE’s food scanner app BiteWatch to their audience. See ...
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Reports
05 Nov 2025
SAFE writes a report on the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and equitable food
In October 2025, the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and equitable foodsystems released a new evidence-based report addressing nutrition and human healthwithin safe ...
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Open letters
28 Oct 2025
Call to strengthen implementation of EU Pesticide Law to protect health and the environment
The Pesticide Regulation (1107/2009) is a cornerstone of EU legislation, designed to ensure, as a priority, a high level of protection for human health, animal health, biodiversity...
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Press Releases
10 Sep 2025
SAFE welcomes first mandatory food waste reduction targets in the EU
SAFE Food Advocacy Europe welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of theWaste Framework Directive, which will introduce the EU’s first binding targets for food waste red...
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Open letters
07 Jul 2025
Joint letter – The case for demand-side interventions to improve access to healthy diets for cardiovascular health
In view of the Commission’s ongoing preparation of the EU Cardiovascular Health Plan, the European Heart Network, Fern, Animal Advocacy & Food Transition, SAFE, EuroHealthNet...
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Open letters
05 Jun 2025
Joint Letter – Unlock Agriculture’s Climate Action Potential for Climate and Food System Resilience
SAFE and other civil society and farming organisations have expressed concern over the potential weakening of the EU’s 2040 climate targets, urging the Commission to prioritise a...
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Press Releases
13 May 2025
French court cancels renewal of two glyphosate-based products
Following the decision of a French Administrative Court of Appeal to cancel the renewal of two glyphosate-based products. SAFE supports the content of the ruling but regrets that i...
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Reports
11 Mar 2025
SAFE releases a report on food donation in the EU, highlighting barriers and opportunities
According to the 2024 Eurostat data, in the European Union (EU) over 59 million tons of food waste are generated per year. SAFE conducted a study to examine national legislation on...
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Press Releases - Uncategorized
19 Feb 2025
SAFE welcomes direct support to sustainable farming in Hansen’s agrifood vision
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Open letters
01 Feb 2025
Joint Letter – How the proposed Sustainable Food Systems Framework Law should mobilise the private sector to drive the sustainability transition
We welcomed the European Commission’s proposal for a Sustainable Food Systems Law to ensure access to healthy, sustainable food for all. This law must urgently drive the transfor...
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Press Releases
30 Jan 2025
Bisphenol A, R3PACK welcomes the ban from consumer products, calls for stricter protections
The R3PACK Consortium welcomes the recent Bisphenol A ban adopted by the European Commission. Additionally, the consortium strongly encourages policymakers to prioritise public hea...
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Reports
29 Jan 2025
SAFE publishes a report on HFSS Food marketing targeting children
SAFE has finished a report summarising policies to address the marketing of foods high in fat, salt, and sugar (HFSS) targeting children. The document looks at different legislativ...
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Position papers
28 Jan 2025
Building a Sustainable and Diversified Protein Landscape Beyond Polarization: Opportunities for Farmers, Society, and the Environment
SAFE, along with 71 other organisations across the value chain, views the new EU mandate, the momentum from the Draghi and Letta reports, the creation of a Food and Agriculture Vis...
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Press Releases
27 Nov 2024
SAFE welcomes new European Commission, calls for action on misleading labelling, labelling of NGTs, food contaminants, UPFs, and social inclusion
SAFE Food Advocacy Europe is pleased with the formation of the new European Commission following the European Parliament vote. SAFE is eager to collaborate with Commissioners OlivÃ...
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Press Releases
27 Nov 2024
Europe’s labels, too ambiguous or misleading, European Court of Auditors and SAFE find
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) and SAFE have both highlighted the need for greater transparency in food labelling to help consumers make informed choices. SAFE’s report...
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Press Releases
27 Nov 2024
NCD prevention, ultra-processed foods, and natural versus synthetic at SAFE’s 9th Annual Conference
On November 19, more than 130 participants convened in Brussels for SAFE’s 9th Annual Conference to discuss food safety from the consumers’ perspective, marking the start o...
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Reports
25 Nov 2024
SAFE releases a report on a European consumer survey on transparency in food labelling
SAFE has identified an urgent need for improved transparency and clarity in food labelling, especially concerning terms like ‘natural’. Partnering with Ethica, SAFE car...
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Press Releases
18 Jun 2024
SAFE launches campaign on acrylamide, calls for urgent action on limiting the substance in food
Share this article SAFE is launching an awareness-raising campaign on acrylamide — a potentially carcinogenic substance released when cooking food at high temperature — along w...
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Position papers
01 Jun 2024
To protect consumers’ health, we need legally binding limits for acrylamide in food
SAFE calls upon the European Commission and the European Parliament to prioritise the safety of consumers, particularly infants and young children, as both institutions begin a new...
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Position papers
27 May 2024
Nutritional labelling, SAFE publishes a document on smartphone applications
SAFE has produced a document on various smartphone applications designed to help understand nutritional labels. Nutritional labelling is very helpful for consumers and citizens, en...
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Position papers
16 Apr 2024
SAFE response to Public Consultation on Food safety – plastic food contact materials (FCMs)
SAFE welcomes the proposed revision of quality control rules for plastic food contact materials (FCMs). However, it considers that it does not go far enough. There are remaining co...
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Open letters
16 Apr 2024
OPEN LETTER: Yes to an EU legislation on Sustainable Resource Management
SAFE has cosigned an open letter together with other NGOs, academics, and industries addressed to European and national decision-makers for an EU legislation on Sustainable Resourc...
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Open letters
24 Oct 2023
Joint Statement – For an ambitious pesticides regulation that protects people, biodiversity and ecosystems
Over 75 organisations, including SAFE, representing environmental, health, consumer, and farming interests urged EU Member States and MEPs to swiftly adopt a strong Sustainable Use...
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Position papers
04 Oct 2023
Bisphenol A in food is a health risk: a possible contamination via micro -nano plastic in soil and irrigation water
Micro- and nano-plastics present in sewage sludge utilized to fertilise farmland could potentially become a new pathway for BPA contamination of the food supply chain. See SAFER...
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