SAFE asks European Commission to abandon plans to weaken Nitrates Directive
30 June 2026
SAFE Food Advocacy Europe and other Brussels-based organisations have sent a letter to the European Commission asking it to abandon the plan to weaken the legal limit for manure in the Nitrates Directive. This would expand the limit for manure use as a fertiliser.
Read the letter here:
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