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Leading scientists join forces with cross-party political grouping and third-sector leaders in new Coalition Against Nitrites
19 May 2025
SAFE has joined the Coalition Against Nitrites, a newly launched UK-based non-profit organisation calling for nitrites to be banned from processed meats. In 2015, the World He...
Tags: Coalition, nitrites, Processed meats
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International scientists, doctors and politicians unite to call for the elimination of nitrites in processed meat
16 May 2025
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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
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New Anses opinion confirms link between nitrite consumption and cancer
12 Jul 2022
In a highly anticipated opinion published on July 12, 2022, the French national agency for food safety (Agence nationale de sécurité alimentaire – Anses) confirms for the f...
Tags: ANSES, Cancer, Food Additives, nitrates, nitrites