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EU CSOs present vision on food environments: a systemic change that can no longer wait
13 Oct 2021
Brussels, 13 October 2021 – European food policy should focus on creating enabling food environments that make the healthy and sustainable food choices the default and most desir...
Tags: Farm to Fork, Food environments, Food Policy, Food Policy Coalition
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EU farm ministers seek targeted measures to withstand COVID-19
12 Apr 2020
EU agriculture ministers have called for further specific and targeted measures to address the difficulties faced by the agri-food sector due to the COVID-19 pandemic such as restr...
Tags: Agriculture, covid-19, farming, Food Policy
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Farmers report dramatic COVID effect on fruit & vegetable producers:
03 Apr 2020
The latest report from Europe’s farming organisations on the impact of the pandemic, highlights a dramatic effect on fruit & vegetable producers, as well as concerns over mar...
Tags: farming, Food Policy, Food Systems
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Junk food advertising: WHO calls for legally binding treaty to end ‘predatory commercial practices’
03 Mar 2020
The WHO-UNICEF-Lancet Commission is proposing a global, legally binding protocol to prevent brands marketing fast foods and sugary drinks to children. Read the full article here...
Tags: Food Policy, health, Sugar
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EU pressed to address meat reduction, plant-based diet in new food policy
02 Mar 2020
SAFE and a coalition of NGOs urged to EU executive to address the issue of reducing meat consumption in the announced Farm to Fork (F2F) strategy. Meanwhile, a Green MEP has filed ...
Tags: Farm to Fork, Food Policy, plant-based
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‘Use by’ or ‘best before’? Nestlé signs food waste pact to tackle label confusion on-pack
10 Feb 2020
The UK’s Food and Drink Federation has repeated its pleas that it wants to keep trading ties closely aligned with the EU’s after British prime minister Boris Johnson dismissed ...
Tags: food label, Food Packaging, Food Policy, Food Waste
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UK opens door to GM food imports as PM Johnson attacks ‘hysterical fears’ about US food standards
06 Feb 2020
The UK’s Food and Drink Federation has repeated its pleas that it wants to keep trading ties closely aligned with the EU’s after British prime minister Boris Johnson dismissed ...
Tags: boris johnson, Brexit trade deal, Food Policy, GM food imports
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36 CSOs send Open Letter to the European Commission President (EN/FR/ES)
17 Jul 2019
Civil society organisations, in the areas of farming, fisheries, environment, animal welfare, health, consumers, consumer co-operatives, development, social justice, climate, and f...
Tags: CSO, European Commission, Food Policy, Integrated, NGO, President, Ursula von der Leyen
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EU Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health malfunctions
10 Jul 2019
There is a clear malfunctioning of the EU Platform on diet, physical activity & health, as highlighted by BEUC, EPHA, and 5 other NGOs. SAFE was rejected after 2 years in waiti...
Tags: EU Health Diet, European Commission, Food Policy, Sugar Project
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NGOs call for a European Commission Vice President to be made responsible for ensuring the transition to sustainable food systems
08 May 2019
In an open letter to the lead candidates, 32 NGOs (including SAFE) call on the next European Commission President to put an EU food policy in place. The organizations also called f...
Tags: European Commission, Food Policy, IPES, SAFE, Sustainable food