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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Animal welfare at heart of European organic farming proposals
07 Oct 2015
Organic farming standards across Europe could be tightened up with a greater emphasis on animal welfare when the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee meets on 13 October t...
Tags: Animals, European Parliament, Organic
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Commission’s proposal for stricter thresholds in organic farming opposed
07 Oct 2015
The European Commission is considering stricter pesticide limits for organic products. The organic sector and the European Parliament are not in agreement. Read more here....
Tags: European Commission, European Parliament, Organic, Pesticides
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European Parliament: Victory for cloning opponents
12 Sep 2015
MEPs supported the total ban on cloning farm animals in Europe and on the import of cloned food and feed. Source: EP...
Tags: Cloning, European Parliament
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Cloning vote splits EC and European Parliament
08 Sep 2015
The European Commission (EC) has attacked the European Parliament’s vote (8 September 2015) to completely ban use of cloned animals and their descendants for domestic and impor...
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Cloning for food: MEPs vote on plans to ban the practice
07 Sep 2015
Should cloning for food be banned because of animal welfare concerns? On Tuesday 8 September MEPs debate and vote on amendments to a European Commission proposal to ban the cloning...
Tags: Cloning, European Parliament
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GMO imports: MEPs object to draft law allowing national bans, call for plan B
16 Jul 2015
A draft EU law that would enable any member state to restrict or prohibit the use of EU-approved GMO food or feed on its territory was strongly opposed by MEPs from all political g...
Tags: European Parliament, Food Safety
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EP: Consideration of plenary amendments on TTIP
25 Jun 2015
[25-06-2015] During extraordinary meeting on 29 June, INTA will consider the plenary amendments and related requests, for split and separate votes, that were tabled to the report c...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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EuroparlTV: Cloned animals – would you eat them?
22 Jun 2015
In Europe, cloned animals haven’t made their way into the food supply chain – yet – but they’re not banned from it either. EU legislation on cloning is prov...
Tags: Animals, Cloning, European Parliament
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Ban not just animal cloning, but cloned food, feed and imports too, say MEPs
18 Jun 2015
EP Press release – Agriculture / Public health A draft law to ban the cloning of all farm animals, their descendants and products derived from them, including imports, in the...
Tags: Cloning, European Parliament
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Circular economy: “systemic change” needed to address resource scarcity
17 Jun 2015
European Parliament Press release – Environment Binding waste-reduction targets, revamped ecodesign legislation and measures to break the link between growth and the use of ...
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EP vote and debate on TTIP recommendations postponed: what’s next?
11 Jun 2015
The debate and vote on Parliament’s recommendations on the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations were postponed because of the high numbe...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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Animal health: “The principle is the same whether you are taking care of a dog, a cat or 3,000 pigs”
02 Jun 2015
A proposal to streamline and simplify complicated animal health rules in the EU was informally agreed by MEPs, the European Commission and the national governments on 1 June. Marit...
Tags: Animals, European Parliament
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MEPs want healthier eating habits in school
28 May 2015
A majority of MEPs on Wednesday (27 May) backed the Commission’s proposals for the EU’s merged fruit and milk scheme in schools, in order to promote healthier eating ha...
Tags: European Parliament
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MEPs want health excluded from TTIP talks
16 Apr 2015
On 14 April, Members of the Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted in favour of an opinion which calls for five health-related ...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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MEPs to grill Commission over delays in tackling hormone-disrupting chemicals
09 Mar 2015
Plenary sessions : Growing worries that endocrine disruptors can damage your health will be raised in MEPs questions to health Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis on Monday, 9 Marc...
Tags: Endocrine disruptors, European Commission, European Parliament
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Video: MEPs & NGOs at odds over effect of Europe’s GMO stance on developing world
28 Feb 2015
It took Europe three years to break the deadlock on Genetically Modified Organisms. The European Parliament decided last month to give member states the choice to ban or allow the ...
Tags: European Parliament, GMO, TTIP
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Euractiv: Parliament divided over meat labels
10 Feb 2015
Most of the parties in the European Parliament want to see stricter labeling of the meat used in ready meals, but the implementation costs remain uncertain. EurActiv France reports...
Tags: European Parliament, Labelling
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Strong demand from citizens for an obligatory transparency register
05 Feb 2015
A new transparency register has been in force since 27 January, allowing everyone to find out which interest groups have been lobbying the EU institutions. However, the register, w...
Tags: European Parliament, Transparency
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European Parliament: Trade committee debate on new recommendations for TTIP talks
21 Jan 2015
The Parliament must use its influence on framing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) rules to ensure that they serve all EU citizens, not just a few economic ...
Tags: European Parliament, TTIP
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Food safety MEPs call for country of origin labelling of meat in processed foods
21 Jan 2015
Meat used as an ingredient in processed foods, such as lasagne, should be labelled by country of origin as is already the case for bovine fresh meat, said Environment, Public Healt...
Tags: Country of origin, European Parliament, Food Safety, Labelling, Meat
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European Parliament backs GMO opt-out for EU member states
13 Jan 2015
New legislation to allow EU member states to restrict or ban the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) on their own territory, even if this is allow...
Tags: European Parliament, GMO