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Tag: European Parliament

  • MEP calls for health education in schools to tackle obesity

    08 Jun 2022

    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 ...

    Tags: Children, European Parliament, Food Literacy, Nutrition, Obesity

  • Recent call to reform the pesticides evaluation system.

    17 Mar 2022

    In a recent video, MEP Eric Andrieu, points out the shortcomings in the current pesticide evaluation system. Highlighting that the current situation induces a great health risk, wh...

    Tags: EFSA, European Parliament, Pesticides

  • Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopts its INI report on strengthening Europe in the fight against cancer

    15 Dec 2021

    On December 9th, 2021, the European Parliament’s Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) adopted its INI report on how to strengthen the EU’s role in fighting cancer. The re...

    Tags: BECA, Cancer, European Parliament, Healthy diet, noncommunicable diseases

  • 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

  • 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

  • MEPs follow up on EFSA’s opinion regarding E171

    31 May 2021

    On 31 May 2021, a group of 4 MEPs from 3 different groups asked the Commission about its intent to propose an EU-wide ban on food additive E171 (titanium dioxide). It is still uncl...

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

  • CSOs call on EP Committees to support an ambitious F2F report

    20 Apr 2021

    Today, SAFE together with 23 civil society organisation called on the ENVI and AGRI Committees of the European Parliament through a joint letter detailing 10 priorities to support ...

    Tags: AGRI Committee, ENVI Committee, European Parliament, F2F strategy, Joint letter, NGOs

  • #WeValueTrueNatural, a campaign from SAFE to call for a definition of ‘natural’

    20 Nov 2020

    In the European Green Deal, the Commission presented a strategy aiming at transforming the EU into a resource-efficient and sustainable society by 2050. One of the main initiatives...

    Tags: European Commission, European Parliament, F2F strategy, green deal, Natural

  • European Parliament rejects ban on ‘veggie burgers’

    23 Oct 2020

    On Friday 23 October, the European Parliament plenary session rejected AM165 to the Agricultural products’ list within the Common Market Organisation file of the Common Agric...

    Tags: Dairy, European Parliament, plant-based, Vegan, Vegetarian

  • European Parliament supports objections on E171 and Acrylamide

    08 Oct 2020

    On 7 October 2020, the plenary session of the European Parliament supported two objections opposing two Commission regulation on E171 (Titanium Dioxide in food) and acrylamide. Thi...

    Tags: Acrylamide, E171, European Parliament, titanium dioxide

  • CSOs send Joint Letter to EU leaders calling for better alignment between the CAP and the EU Green Deal

    01 Oct 2020

    This Thursday 1st October, SAFE and more than 250 Civil Society Organisations sent a joint Open letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Preside...

    Tags: CAP, European Commission, european council, European Parliament, green deal, Sustainable food

  • MEPs call for lower maximum levels of acrylamide in food products for infants and young children

    29 Sep 2020

    MEPs of the ENVI Committee (@EP_Environment on Twitter) voted in favour (53 votes in favour, 26 against, 2 abstentions) of an objection to the EC proposal concerning maximum levels...

    Tags: Acrylamide, Babies, Children, ENVI Committee, European Parliament

  • Single-Use Plastic Directive: still a lot to discuss

    13 Sep 2020

    Back in 2018, the EU reached an agreement to ban certain types of single-use plastic products with the Single-Use Plastic Directive. The Directive, which will enter into force in 2...

    Tags: European Commission, European Parliament, Lobbying, Plastics, Single-Use Packaging

  • SAFE welcomes MEPs’ decision to object new EC specifications for E171

    08 Sep 2020

    SAFE welcomes the positive outcome of the vote which occurred yesterday evening and hope that this democratic decision will encourage the Commission to promote a complete removal o...

    Tags: E171, ENVI Committee, European Commission, European Parliament, titanium dioxide

  • MEPs urged to repel CAP amendments on denominations of plant-based products

    28 Aug 2020

    On 28 August 2020, SAFE and 34 other organizations urged Members of the European Parliament in a letter to oppose several amendments forcing the use of terms such as “steak&#...

    Tags: Burger, CAP, CMO, Common Agricultural Policy, European Parliament, plant-based, Vegan

  • MEPs support the French ban on food additive E171

    18 Dec 2019

    On 17 December 2019, a cross-party coalition of 34 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides to ask for an extension of the French ban on E171 to ...

    Tags: Consumers Rights, E171, European Parliament, nanoparticles, titanium dioxide

  • CAPNGO’s Open letter to AGRI Committee MEPs concerning CAP proposals

    21 Mar 2019

    On 20th March, the CAPNGO Working Group, gathering around fifteen NGOs to advocate for better proposals for the next Common Agricultural Policy, sent an open letter to Members of t...

    Tags: Agriculture, biodiversity, CAP, European Parliament, MEP, Sustainable food

  • EU Parliament backs microplastic bans to tackle plastic pollution

    11 Jul 2018

    On July 10, the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee voted to strengthen the Commission’s overall plans to cut plastic pollution, under the so-called Plastics Strategy. MEP...

    Tags: Environment, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Plastics

  • Revealed: majority of politicians on key EU farming panel have industry links

    24 May 2018

    Research uncovers that 25 out of 46 MEPs of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee have strong links to the farming sector they are charged with regulating. Read the ful...

    Tags: Agriculture, CAP, EU, European Parliament, Transparency

  • Landmark new EU food waste laws voted through

    18 Apr 2018

    On 18 April the European Parliament voted to formally adopt the revised Waste Framework Directive, which will shape the next 13 years of EU action on food waste as part of the Circ...

    Tags: European Parliament, Food Waste, Member States

  • 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

  • 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

  • Six member states call for glyphosate alternatives, exit plan

    05 Jan 2018

    Six member states that opposed the re-authorisation glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, sent a letter to the European Commission last month asking the EU execu...

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

  • New organic rules and animal welfare: Meeting social expectations or not?

    04 Jan 2018

    The EU organic logo brings certain guarantees about high standards of animal welfare, and EU institutions ought to show strong commitment to address weaknesses in regards to anima...

    Tags: Agriculture, animal welfare, Animals, European Parliament, Organic

  • 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

  • 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

  • MEPs demand glyphosate phase-out, with full ban by end 2022

    24 Oct 2017

    Parliament backed a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2022 and immediate restrictions on the use of the substance, on Tuesday.   Read the full article on Eur...

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

  • Andriukaitis: ‘Enough’ with member states hiding behind the Commission on glyphosate

    10 Oct 2017

    The member states should stop hiding behind or even pointing the finger at the European Commission regarding the re-authorisation of the world’s most commonly used weedkiller, gl...

    Tags: Agriculture, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup

  • MEPs reject Commission’s endocrine disruptor definition

    09 Oct 2017

    The European Commission will have to rewrite its definition of endocrine disruptors, after MEPs shot down the executive’s proposal in a vote in Strasbourg on Wednesday (4 October...

    Tags: Agriculture, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Pesticides

  • Endocrine disruptors: A guilty definition

    04 Oct 2017

    French socialist MEPs are defiant against the Commission’s “weak, superficial and incomplete” definition of endocrine disruptors, blaming it on French Ecology Minister Nicol...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Parliament, Glyphosate, Pesticides, Roundup

  • Endocrine disruptors: Report exposes scale of contamination as Parliament vote looms

    04 Oct 2017

    More than one-third of all fruit consumed in the EU is contaminated with residues of endocrine disrupting pesticides, according to a study published on Tuesday (3 October), a day b...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, Environment, European Parliament, Hormone, Monsanto, Pesticides

  • Endocrine disruptors: EU definition contains ‘too many exemptions and loopholes’

    12 Jul 2017

    After years in the pipeline, an EU-wide definition of endocrine disruptors was finally approved by member states on 4 July. But MEP Pascal Durand told EURACTIV’s partner Ouest-F...

    Tags: Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Hormone

  • EU experts agree on criteria for endocrine disrupting chemicals in pesticides

    12 Jul 2017

    Experts from the 28 EU member states approved on Tuesday (4 July) a proposed list of criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in plant protection products – a move presented by...

    Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Hormone

  • Open letter urges WHO to take action on industrial animal farming

    29 May 2017

    Margaret Chan, the Director-General of WHO, spoke at last year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) to call for action from the international community on three “slow motion disas...

    Tags: Agriculture, European Parliament, Vegan

  • Food waste: the problem in the EU in numbers

    15 May 2017

    Some 88 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU every year, equivalent to 173 kilos per person. Not only is this a waste or resources, it also contributes to climate change. Pa...

    Tags: European Parliament, Food Waste

  • Parliament calls for mandatory EU-wide food waste targets by 2020

    13 Apr 2017

    EU lawmakers today (11 April) urged the European Commission to set binding EU-wide food waste reduction targets by 2020, to be met by 2025 and 2030. The European Parliament’s Com...

    Tags: Environment, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Waste

  • Cancer warning over posh crisps as study shows they contain three times recommended levels of acrylamide

    06 Apr 2017

    Eating crisps could cause cancer, a study by government-backed scientists has found, as they contain high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen. Tests conducted by Fera Science ...

    Tags: Acrylamide, Babies, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety

  • Glyphosate and the crucial battle for independent science

    27 Mar 2017

    At its core, the political battle for transparency about the herbicide glyphosate is actually a battle for independent science and for the transparent and democratic functioning of...

    Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, Glyphosate, MEP, Pesticides

  • Romanian MEP: EU needs food quality agency

    13 Mar 2017

    Food quality in Western Europe can differ greatly to what Central and Eastern European shops stock on their shelves. S&D group MEP Daciana Sârbu spoke to EURACTIV Romania abou...

    Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Food Safety, Palm oil, Sugar

  • EU urges member states to target childhood obesity in schools

    27 Feb 2017

    Faced with alarming childhood obesity cases, the European Commission is calling on member states to take action in the procurement of healthy food for schools. A report released by...

    Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, MEP, Obesity, Sugar

  • Fifteen percent of Brussels’ friteries surveyed selling potato fries with high levels of known carcinogen

    27 Feb 2017

    A snapshot survey of potato fries sold in twenty Brussels friteries has discovered three samples with levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, above the EU benchmark. A joint inve...

    Tags: Acrylamide, Brussels, Consumers, EFSA, EU, European Parliament

  • Commission to set maximum acrylamide levels in ready-to-eat foods

    10 Feb 2017

    The European Commission plans to set maximum levels for acrylamide in ready-to-eat foods such as baby foods, crisps and breakfast cereals. Read the full article on BakeryAndSnacks ...

    Tags: Acrylamide, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, European Parliament, Food Safety, MEP

  • Health risks of materials in contact with food: tighter EU safety rules needed

    21 Oct 2016

    EU-wide safety rules are needed for more materials in contact with food, such as those used in packaging, kitchen utensils and tableware, say MEPs in a non-binding resolution voted...

    Tags: Consumers, European Parliament, Food Packaging, Food Safety, MEP

  • Vast majority of MEPs demand legislation on origin labelling

    13 May 2016

    EU politicians have upped pressure – once again – on the European Commission to bring in mandatory country of origin labelling (COOL) for lightly processed meat and dai...

    Tags: Country of origin, European Commission, European Parliament, Labelling

  • GMOs and pesticides could be tolerated in organic food under new EU rules

    12 Feb 2016

    MEPs have voted not to strip organic agricultural products of their certification if they are contaminated with GMOs or pesticides, as the majority of cases of contamination are ac...

    Tags: European Parliament, GMO, Pesticides

  • MEPs object to three GM soybean authorisations

    03 Feb 2016

    The EU Commission should not authorize the use of glyphosate-tolerant GM soybeans in food and feed, said Parliament on Wednesday. MEPs note that glyphosate, a herbicide, is classif...

    Tags: European Commission, European Parliament, Glyphosate, GMO, WHO

  • Baby food: “Let’s boot out excess sugar, babies are sweet enough already”

    28 Jan 2016

    MEPs have forced the European Commission back to the drawing board after rejecting its plans that would have allowed baby food to continue to contain up to three times more sugar t...

    Tags: Babies, European Commission, European Parliament, Sugar

  • EU aims to crack down on unsustainable palm oil and illegal logging

    10 Dec 2015

    In the next five years, the major European players, including Germany, want palm oil production to become 100% sustainable and to see an end to illegal logging. EurActiv Germany re...

    Tags: European Commission, European Parliament, Germany, Palm oil

  • Parliament rejects national GMO bans proposal

    28 Oct 2015

    A draft EU law that would enable any EU member state to restrict or prohibit the sale and use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on its territory was rejected by the European Parliame...

    Tags: European Parliament, GMO

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