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Tag: Consumers

  • Nutritional labelling, SAFE publishes a document on smartphone applications

    27 May 2024

    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...

    Tags: Consumers, Labelling, nutritional values

  • SAFE response to Public Consultation on Food safety – plastic food contact materials (FCMs)

    16 Apr 2024

    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...

    Tags: Consumers, FCMs, Food Safety

  • Crackdown on PFAS, US and France move to protect consumers from forever chemicals

    15 Apr 2024

    Several states are initiating measures to safeguard their consumers from PFAS, or Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly dubbed ‘forever chemicals’ due to their ...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, microplastics, PFAS

  • R3PACK Consortium backs BPA ban

    12 Apr 2024

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    Tags: BPA, Consumers

  • Prioritising biodiversity-friendly foods to stop biodiversity loss

    22 Mar 2024

    Biodiversity loss, driven by human activities, threatens ecosystems essential for our air and food, and is a critical concern for food security. This leads us to wonder which foods...

    Tags: Agriculture, Biodiversity-friendly, Consumers

  • Sweeteners controversy leaves consumers confused

    08 Mar 2024

    Important sugar consumption is known to increase the risk of development of obesity and non-communicable diseases such as dental disease. Shoppers are increasingly concerned in red...

    Tags: Artificial sweeteners, Consumers, Food Safety, Sugar

  • Antimicrobial resistance, insights from EFSA and ECDC report

    05 Mar 2024

    The report issued by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) highlights the ongoing challenge of antimicrobial r...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Food Safety

  • Soups

    Glyphosate found in ready-made soups in Italy

    27 Feb 2024

    The consumer rights magazine Il Salvagente (a member of SAFE) conducted an investigation on ready-made soups, discovering that these products often contain glyphosate. Upon examini...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Pesticides

  • Food contaminated with inorganic arsenic: health risks confirmed

    25 Jan 2024

    The European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) recent risk assessment on inorganic arsenic in food reaffirms the findings of a previous study from 2009, confirming health risks ...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety

  • Engineered nanomaterials in food, SAFE is concerned about food safety

    15 Jan 2024

    SAFE Food Advocacy Europe is worried about the impact on food safety by the delegated act that the European Commission is going to adopt to adjust and adapt the definition of engin...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, nanomaterials

  • The growing emphasis on sustainable packaging in FMCG industry

    03 Jan 2024

    Renewable, recyclable and compostable packaging is becoming increasingly important for consumers and businesses. A recent report by Food Navigator, highlighted the importance of su...

    Tags: Consumers, FMCG, Food Packaging, sustainability

  • Bisphenol A in foods, the role of microplastics

    12 Oct 2023

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    Tags: bisphenol A, Consumers, Food Safety

  • The EU sets revised guidelines for nitrates and nitrites

    10 Oct 2023

    In pursuit of utmost food safety within the European Union and as a proactive measure under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the European Commission has established revised guid...

    Tags: Additives, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, nitrates, nitrites

  • The European Commission proposes re-approval of glyphosate for 10 years

    21 Sep 2023

    The European Commission has put forth a proposal to grant a 10-year extension for glyphosate. The contentious chemical substance stands as the most widely utilised pesticide across...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, Pesticides

  • No obstacles to ban glyphosate – New report by PAN Europe shows that alternatives exist for all uses

    14 Mar 2023

    Ahead of the EU’s decision on whether or not to re-approve glyphosate at the end of this year, the NGO Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Europe has just published a report for t...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, European Commission, Glyphosate, Human Health

  • Acrylamide: A new study reveals the probability of carcinogenic exposure in baby foods

    29 Mar 2022

    Acrylamide is a heated-induced toxicant generated by a chemical reaction that reduces sugar and amino acids present in foods. Most industrial and cooking methods induce the formati...

    Tags: Acrylamide, Cancer, Children, Consumers, European Commission

  • SAFE publishes guidelines for consumers on Food Contact Materials

    22 Oct 2021

    Researches show the existence of health risks linked to the use of Food Contact Materials (FCMs). New guidelines published by SAFE encompass conclusions from these studies and show...

    Tags: Awareness, Consumers, Consumers Rights, FCM, food contact materials

  • Empowering consumer organisations : the Dual Food Quality Conference

    08 Jul 2021

    The partners of the ECO-Empowering Consumer Organisations project were proud to present the achievements of their EU-project on Dual Food Quality during the final Eu...

    Tags: Consumers, dual food quality, European Commission, European Parliament, food label, Food Packaging

  • Report says supermarkets can help tackle obesity

    20 Oct 2020

    A trial in English supermarkets on placing unhealthy products differently in supermarkets to tackle obesity has shown some promising results. The one year trial led to increased fr...

    Tags: Consumers, junk food, Obesity, Supply Chain, UK

  • European civil society groups urge EU Commissioner to ban E171 in food

    06 Dec 2019

    On 5 Dec 2019, European civil society groups have sent a joint letter to Ms. Stella Kyriakides – European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety on the issue of the white co...

    Tags: Consumers, E171, European Commission, Food Safety, health, Petition, titanium dioxide

  • European civil society groups raise questions about industry-funded study on E171 toxicity and call on decision-makers to support the French ban on unnecessary food additive

    12 Sep 2019

    A crucial European meeting to discuss the French ban of E171 – the food additive version of titanium dioxide – is due to take place on Monday 16th September. Civil soci...

    Tags: Consumers, E171, European Commission, Food Additives, France, Industry, titanium dioxide

  • Europol: Massive seizure of fake pesticides which could spray the size of the UK

    13 Jul 2018

    Europol’s annual Operation SILVER AXE III seized the largest-ever amount of illegal or counterfeit pesticides in Europe this week. But the fact that such massive amounts of illeg...

    Tags: Consumers, Environment, EU, Food Safety, Pesticides

  • Listeria monocytogenes: update on foodborne outbreak

    06 Jul 2018

    Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables are the likely source of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has been affecting Austria, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, and the...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Food Safety

  • Pesticide residues: new advice on foods for infants and young children

    28 Jun 2018

    Following a request from the European Commission, EFSA has made a number of recommendations to further protect young infants from potential risks posed by pesticide residues in foo...

    Tags: Babies, Consumers, EFSA, Food Safety, Pesticides

  • A worldwide shift: profiling the alternative meat market

    27 Jun 2018

    According to recent research from GlobalData, the majority of the world’s population has adopted a diet that features reduced or entirely absent meat consumption. Changing consum...

    Tags: Animals, Consumers, Environment, Healthy diet, Meat, Vegan

  • DSM removes benzoate from cheese ripening enzyme to meet clean-label demand

    13 Jun 2018

    Dutch health and nutrition company Royal DSM says its Accelerzyme CPG, the company’s proprietary enzyme for accelerated cheese ripening, is now benzoate-free. Read the full artic...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Safety, Nutrition

  • Young people who ‘watch more junk food ads’ consume ‘thousands more calories’

    23 May 2018

    According to a new study carried out by Cancer Research UK, teenagers who watch an extra junk food advert per week consume an extra 18,000 calories a year. The research will be pre...

    Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity

  • Fipronil: results of follow-up monitoring published

    07 May 2018

    On 3 May 2018, EFSA published its analysis of food data collected following the widespread detection of fipronil in eggs last summer. The analysis showed that 742 out of 5,000 samp...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Fipronil, Food Safety

  • Evolved Nutrition Label to be launched in some EU countries

    04 May 2018

    Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever will start to add the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) to products in some EU countries, they announced o...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Transparency

  • France bans use of meaty names for veggie food

    24 Apr 2018

    France looks set to prohibit meat terms from being used to describe plant-based foods, with MPs backing a proposal to ban producers of meat substitutes from using phrases like “s...

    Tags: Consumers, France, Labelling, Meat, Transparency, Vegan

  • Farmers hail new transparency rules in food safety, still want science-based decisions

    18 Apr 2018

    EU farmers have welcomed the European Commission’s new rules on transparency in food safety assessments. However, it is still uncertain to which extent this will ensure that futu...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup, Transparency

  • EU Commission wants new powers to vet product safety

    12 Apr 2018

    On April 11, the European Commission proposed giving itself new powers to request scientific studies on the safety of products, in an effort to quell public concerns that industry ...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety, Glyphosate, GMO, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

  • Soft drinks tax is of greatest benefit to poorer households: Lancet

    10 Apr 2018

    Taxes levied on sweetened drinks and snack foods are of most benefit to the poor in helping to make long-term healthy lifestyle changes, a Lancet study concludes. Read more on Food...

    Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar

  • Taxing soda and booze can spark healthy spiral, experts say

    05 Apr 2018

    According to a new analysis published in The Lancet medical journal, taxing products such as soda, alcohol and tobacco can steer consumers toward healthier choices and avert a ruin...

    Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar

  • Fakers, bakers and praline-makers fear bite of EU origin labels

    21 Mar 2018

    Following the Commission’s proposal for new legislation on so-called country of origin labelling, food companies fear that they will be forced to indicate the origin of the...

    Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, EU, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling, Transparency

  • Segregating vegetarian food can promote meat consumption

    16 Mar 2018

    While consumers are being offered more vegetarian meal options, if these choices are segregated it can actually reduce the proportion of people who opt for them, a new study sugges...

    Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Vegan

  • Il y a des particules de plastique dans 93% des échantillons de grande marque d’eau

    15 Mar 2018

    L’eau en bouteille de nombreuses grandes marques à travers le monde est contaminée par de minuscules particules de plastique dont les dangers sur la santé sont méconnus, ...

    Tags: BPA, Consumers, Environment, Food Packaging, Food Safety

  • Big Sugar Versus Your Body

    11 Mar 2018

    Most of us eat a lot of sugar. We are surrounded by it, and it’s delicious. Unfortunately, sugar also encourages overeating and causes health problems. Research consistently poin...

    Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar

  • Far From Transparency

    05 Mar 2018

    Last February 21st, the European Parliament’s Committee for Economic and Monetary Affairs approved an amendment proposed by Italian MEPs Fulvio Martusciello and Alberto Cirio...

    Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Labelling, MEP, Palm oil, Transparency

  • Obesity is a greater threat for millennials than cannabis. It’s absurd

    26 Feb 2018

    In  the UK, seven out of 10 millennials are expected to be “overweight or obese” by their late 30s – compared with an already alarming half of baby-boomers. The well-documen...

    Tags: Consumers, Labelling, Obesity, Sugar

  • Des OGM interdits découverts dans des aliments pour animaux

    21 Feb 2018

    Un vent de panique souffle sur la Commission européenne. Selon des documents officiels auquel Le Monde a eu accès, des produits destinés à l’alimentation animale ont été ...

    Tags: Agriculture, Animals, Consumers, European Commission, Food Safety, France, GMO

  • Are we poisoning our children with plastic?

    20 Feb 2018

    The chemical BPA is widely added to food and drink packaging, and more than 80% of teenagers have it in their bodies. But how dangerous is it? Read the full article on The Guardian...

    Tags: Babies, BPA, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Plastics

  • In Sweeping War on Obesity, Chile Slays Tony the Tiger

    07 Feb 2018

    Facing skyrocketing rates of obesity, the Chilean government is waging war on unhealthy foods with a phalanx of marketing restrictions, mandatory packaging redesigns and labeling r...

    Tags: Children, Consumers, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Obesity, Sugar

  • MEPs back down from EU bisphenol ban

    12 Jan 2018

    The European Parliament has shied away from demanding a full ban on bisphenol A, instead approving measures that will lower the amount of the chemical that can be part of food pack...

    Tags: BPA, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, MEP

  • Public consultation: sugars in food

    10 Jan 2018

    EFSA is seeking feedback on the approach it plans to take for its upcoming assessment of dietary sugars. The aim of the assessment is to establish a cut-off value for intake of “...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Obesity, Sugar

  • Jamie Oliver leads calls to ban energy drink sales to U16s

    08 Jan 2018

    Read the full article on Food Navigator here....

    Tags: Consumers, energy drinks, jamie oliver, Obesity, Sugar

  • Is Glyphosate safe? We have the right to know

    16 Dec 2017

    By Emilia Korkea-aho and Päivi Leino In November 2017, after a great deal of political maneuvering, the EU Member States decided to extend authorization for glyphosate, the world...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, European Parliament, Glyphosate, MEP, Pesticides, Roundup

  • Why sugar and why so much? WHO investigates the food industry’s sweet tooth

    07 Dec 2017

    It’s the ‘gold standard’ for sweetness, competitors use it and artificial sweeteners aren’t clean label. Unfortunately, there are more incentives to make sugary food in...

    Tags: Consumers, Obesity, Sugar, WHO

  • Food (labeling) fights

    04 Dec 2017

    Calorie and ingredient labels for alcohol and labels indicating the amount of fat, salt, sugar and other things in food are at the center of controversy. Read the full article on p...

    Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Labelling, Palm oil, Sugar

  • German vote swings EU decision on 5-year glyphosate renewal

    28 Nov 2017

    EU member states agreed on Monday (27 November) on a five-year renewal period for the controversial herbicide glyphosate, used by Monsanto in its Roundup product. The decision was ...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, GMO, Member States, Pesticides, Roundup

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