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Tag: European Commission

  • PFAS Pollution: A Growing Public Health and Environmental Concern

    05 Jun 2025

    Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are synthetic chemicals used to make products resistant to heat, stains, grease, and water. However, they pose serious risks to human hea...

    Tags: European Commission, PFAS

  • EU Agriculture Ministers back European Commission’s vision on agrifood

    25 Mar 2025

    This week, European ministers of agriculture discussed the European Commission’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture and Food for the first time since Commissioner Hansen presen...

    Tags: Agriculture, European Commission, Food Safety

  • The European Commission publishes its Vision for Agriculture and Food

    20 Feb 2025

    On 19 February, the European Commission published its long-term “vision” for the EU agriculture and food policy laid out by Commissioner Christophe Hansen. SAFE welcomes the ta...

    Tags: European Commission, Policy, Vision for Agriculture and Food

  • Commission publishes Country Cancer Profiles ahead of World Cancer Day

    03 Feb 2025

    Today, ahead of World Cancer Day, the European Commission and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) released the Country Cancer Profiles for all EU memb...

    Tags: Country Cancer Profiles, European Commission, World Cancer Day

  • Bisphenol A, R3PACK welcomes the ban from consumer products, calls for stricter protections

    30 Jan 2025

    The R3PACK Consortium welcomes the recent Bisphenol A ban adopted by the European Commission. Additionally, the consortium strongly encourages policymakers to prioritise public hea...

    Tags: bisphenol A, European Commission, Food Safety

  • The European Commission and UNICEF announce a new partnership to improve health outcomes for children

    16 Jan 2025

    Children today face significant health challenges, from mental health issues to preventable illnesses and unhealthy lifestyle choices. To tackle these challenges, the European Comm...

    Tags: Children, European Commission, UNICEF

  • Food inflation, highest in 18 months according to FAO

    18 Oct 2024

    Although inflation in September fell in the eurozone, dropping to the lowest in the last three years and beyond expectations, the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ale...

    Tags: European Commission, FAO, inflation

  • EU food security: new guidelines to strengthen resilience

    24 Jul 2024

    Share this article As reported by the newsroom of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission, the European Food Security Crisis prepar...

    Tags: European Commission, Food security, food supply chain

  • The European Parliament approved the Nature Restoration Law

    27 Feb 2024

    With the introduction of a novel Nature Restoration Law, Europe is making a major advancement in its dedication to climate resilience and environmental preservation. The European C...

    Tags: European Commission, Nature Restoration Law

  • EU agri-food trade surplus continued to further grow in November 2023

    26 Feb 2024

    In November 2023, the EU’s agri-food trade surplus continued its upward trend, reaching €6.9 billion, marking a 3% increase from the previous month and a substantial 27% ri...

    Tags: agri-food trade, European Commission, exports

  • European Commission proposes measures to ease administrative burdens on farmers

    22 Feb 2024

    The European Commission sent a paper to the Belgian Presidency outlining first possible actions to help reduce the administrative burden weighing on farmers. This document, schedul...

    Tags: CAP, European Commission

  • 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

  • The European Commission will spend €186 million to promote agri-food products

    17 Nov 2023

    In 2024, the European Commission is set to allocate €185.9 million to support the promotion of sustainable and high-quality EU agri-food products both domestically and internatio...

    Tags: agrifood products, European Commission, sustainability

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    Herbicide exposure has negative effects on brain function in adolescents, study reports

    19 Oct 2023

    A new study published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives highlights a concerning link between herbicides like glyphosate and impaired brain function in adolescents. L...

    Tags: Agriculture, European Commission, Food Safety, Glyphosate

  • glyphosate

    No majority for glyphosate. SAFE confirms its opposition to the renewal

    13 Oct 2023

    The re-approval of the controversial herbicide glyphosate in the EU did not secure a majority decision in its first vote in the European Parliament today (October 13), highlighting...

    Tags: EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Glyphosate

  • 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

  • ECHA received 5,600 comments on PFAS restriction proposal

    26 Sep 2023

    Over 4,400 organisations, companies, and individuals have contributed their comments and information regarding the proposal to limit per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) with...

    Tags: ECHA, European Commission, health, PFAS

  • 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

  • Press release – State of the Union speech and priorities for 2024

    13 Sep 2023

    Sustainable Food Systems, animal welfare and food inflation were absent in the latest State of the Union Speech. SAFE asks to make these points key priorities for 2024....

    Tags: animal welfare, European Commission, food inclusion, SOTEU, Sustainable Food Systems

  • Civil society organisations urge von der Leyen to publish the SFS Framework Law

    06 Sep 2023

    NGOs and academics are urging European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to prioritise the proposal for an EU legislative framework for sustainable food systems. This legi...

    Tags: biodiversity, European Commission, green deal, SFS Framework Law

  • EU agri-food trade bounced back in May

    25 Aug 2023

    After the EU agri-food trade slowed down in April, it bounced back with an increase of both imports and exports in May, the European Commission says in its latest monthly agri-f...

    Tags: agrifood trade, European Commission, Food security

  • Glifosato, l’Ue prepara l’ok – Altolà di Safe: è pericoloso

    19 Jul 2023

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    Tags: EFSA, European Commission, Glyphosate

  • Circular economy: EC recommends actions to boost recycling in 18 Member States

    09 Jun 2023

    In a report published on 8 June 2023, the European Commission identified Member States that are at risk of not meeting the 2025 targets set for preparing for re-use & recycling...

    Tags: Circular Economy, European Commission, Member States, Recommendations

  • Hazardous chemicals banned in the EU should also be banned for export

    09 May 2023

    The European Commission has just launched a public consultation on the legislative initiative that aims to prohibit the production and/or export of certain hazardous chemicals that...

    Tags: chemicals, European Commission, Have your say, Human Health, Public Consultation

  • 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

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    Food safety, EU Commission adopts rules to lower arsenic levels in food

    03 Mar 2023

    The European Commission adopted new rules to lower the presence of arsenic in food products. Lower maximum levels (MLs) are being adopted as an important measur...

    Tags: arsenic, Europe's Beating Cancer Plan, European Commission, Food Safety

  • soy field

    EU Commission authorises two genetically modified crops as food and animal feed

    22 Feb 2023

    The European Commission has authorised the use of genetically modified rapeseed and has renewed the authorisation for genetically modified soy, intended for human and animal consum...

    Tags: EFSA, European Commission, Genetically modified crops

  • Organisations urge the Commission to stick to Sustainable Food System Law timeline

    13 Feb 2023

    Political resistance against sustainable food policies is threatening to derail the process for an EU Sustainable Food Systems Law. Against this backdrop, 286 organisations have is...

    Tags: European Commission, Open letter, Sustainable Food Systems

  • European Commission adopts stringent residue limits for pesticides to protect pollinators

    02 Feb 2023

    The European Commission adopted new rules that aim to lower the Maximum Residues Levels (MRLs) of the pesticides clothianidin and thiamethoxam in food. The European Court of Justic...

    Tags: Environment, European Commission, Food Safety

  • Open letter to the European Commission on keeping up the ambition in times of energy crisis

    05 Dec 2022

    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...

    Tags: Circular Economy, Energy Crisis, Environment, European Commission, Food Waste

  • Revision of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

    30 Nov 2022

    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...

    Tags: Biobased Materials, Circular Economy, European Commission, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive

  • New report reveals EU’s failure to reduce use of most dangerous pesticides

    24 May 2022

    Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) just released a new report highlighting that the European Union (EU) is alarmingly going in the wrong direction regarding pesticides us...

    Tags: Agriculture, European Commission, Farm to Fork, Pesticides

  • 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

  • Acrylamide in food: the urgent need to reform the current legislation

    10 Mar 2022

    Acrylamide is a chemical compound generated during high-temperature cooking processes that transform sugar and amino acids present in food products. For many years the scientific c...

    Tags: Acrylamide, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety

  • Plant-based put forward in the EU’s 2022 promotional policy

    06 Jan 2022

    The EU will support the consumption of plant-based products as reported in the 2022 promotional policy published last December. The policy allocates 185.9 million euros to the prom...

    Tags: Agriculture, European Commission, Farm to Fork, Meat, plant-based

  • Consumers organization calls for a reform of the EU food packaging legislation

    21 Dec 2021

    Consumers’ concern about the safety of food packaging materials is increasing across Europe. According to data from the Eurobarometer, 86% of European consumers have worries abou...

    Tags: Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, food contact materials, PFAS

  • Joint call for the inclusion of whole grain on FOP nutrition labelling

    29 Nov 2021

    On 29th November 2021, the Whole Grain Iniative (WGI) sent a joint letter to the European Commission’s DG SANTE (Directorate General for Health and Food Safety). The WGI and ...

    Tags: European Commission, FOPNL, Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling, Joint letter, whole grain

  • Food Waste Reduction Targets for 2030 – SAFE’s contribution

    29 Oct 2021

    On 29 October 2021, SAFE answered to an EC Public Consultation on Food Waste and Losses (FWL) reduction targets. Read our response here and our full contribution here. SAFE welcome...

    Tags: European Commission, Farm to Fork, Food Waste, Public Consultation

  • Sustainable Food Systems Framework – SAFE’s contribution

    27 Oct 2021

    On 26 October 2021, SAFE submitted a reply to the EC Public Consultation on the Sustainable Food Systems (SFS) Framework to be developped by the European Commission as part of the ...

    Tags: European Commission, Farm to Fork, SFS, Sustainable Food Systems

  • CSOs call on the EU to stand by the Farm to fork Strategy

    14 Oct 2021

    14 October 2021 – On 14-15 October, agri-food stakeholders meet in the Farm to Fork Conference to discuss the progress made to date and the next steps in implementing the Far...

    Tags: European Commission, F2F conference, Farm to Fork, Sustainable Food Systems

  • E171 ban decision confirmed in the SCoPAFF

    08 Oct 2021

    On 8 October 2021, the Standing Committee on Plant, Animal, Food and Feed voted in favour of a proposal submitted by the European Commission to ban food additive E 171 (Titanium di...

    Tags: E171, EFSA, European Commission, ScoPAFF, titanium dioxide

  • European Commission redefines maximum levels for cadmium and lead in food

    12 Aug 2021

    On August 10th, the European Commission announced that new limits will apply for tolerated lead and cadmium levels in food products. These restrictions concern fruits, vegetables, ...

    Tags: cadmium, EFSA, European Commission, food contact materials, lead

  • European Commission releases study on children exposure to marketing of high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) foods

    12 Jul 2021

    On July 8th, 2021, DG SANTE released its final report on the exposure of children to linear, non-linear and online marketing of foods high in fat, salt or sugar.  The goal of ...

    Tags: childhood obesity, European Commission, HFSS foods, Marketing

  • 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

  • Ethylene oxide in foods: still a long way to go in reaching coordination

    01 Jul 2021

    In the past few months, organisations have revealed that non-compliant products containing ingredients illegally processed with ethylene oxide were still being sold without proper ...

    Tags: Agriculture, ethylene oxide, European Commission, Food Safety

  • Provisional agreement reached on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

    29 Jun 2021

    On June 25th, 2021, a deal was finally found between the European Commission, the European Parliament and the EU Council on the reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP...

    Tags: Agriculture, Common Agricultural Policy, European Commission, european council, European Parliament, green deal, Pesticides

  • EC Vice-President Timmermans addresses the EU Climate Law in the European Parliament

    24 Jun 2021

    On 24 June 2021, European Commission Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans gave a speech on the brand new Climate Law in the European Parliament. On this occasion, he praised t...

    Tags: climate law, European Commission, European Parliament, Frans Timmermans, green deal

  • NGOs call on the Commission and Council to reject restrictions on the labelling of plant-based products

    22 Feb 2021

    On 22 February 2021, 21 NGOs including SAFE called on the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to reject the 171th and 72th Amendment of the European Parliamen...

    Tags: Dairy, European Commission, european council, Joint letter, NGOs, plant-based

  • EFSA also enters the Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling debate

    08 Feb 2021

    The EU food safety agency EFSA will provide scientific opinions to help developing the EU-wide system for front-of-pack nutrition labelling of foodstuffs, including setting conditi...

    Tags: EFSA, European Commission, Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling, Nutrient profiles

  • The European Commission launches the EU sustainable code of conduct plans for food businesses

    08 Feb 2021

    The European Commission has taken its first steps towards launching a ‘code of conduct’ for actors along the food chain, as part of its aim to increase the sustainability of th...

    Tags: Code of conduct, European Commission, Farm to Fork, green deal, Sustainable food

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