Tag: Transparency

European Ombudsman asks Commission to increase transparency in the approval process for pesticides

14 Dec 2020

In a recently published decision, the EU Ombudsman has raised concerns regarding the current procedure for the approval of active substances in pesticides by the Commission. The pr...

Tags: Agriculture, EFSA, European Commission, European Ombudsman, Pesticides, Transparency

Transparency on Risk Assessment in the Food chain: SAFE’s response to Public Consultation

25 Aug 2020

SAFE replied to a Public Consultation on the Draft Implementing Regulation amending Regulation (EU) No 234/2011 on EU Transparency on risk assessment in the food chain on 25 August...

Tags: EFSA, independent research, Public Consultation, Risk Assessment, Transparency

Titanium Dioxide Classification in force from October 2021, E171 still under review

13 Mar 2020

Titanium dioxide is often found in commonly-used domestic substances such as paint, sunscreen, and toothpaste. However, the World Health Organisation’s International Agency for R...

Tags: CLP Regulation, E171, Lobbying, titanium dioxide, Transparency

Call for new EU legislation on Food Contact Materials to be based on five key principles

18 Sep 2019

SAFE and 24 NGOs welcome the European Commission’s initiative to evaluate the EU’s food contact material (FCM) legislation in a joint letter. The evaluation, including the furt...

Tags: chemicals, Circular Economy, European Commission, FCM, Transparency

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

Evolved Nutrition Label to be launched in some EU countries

04 May 2018

Mondelēz International, Nestlé, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company and Unilever will start to add the Evolved Nutrition Label (ENL) to products in some EU countries, they announced o...

Tags: Consumers, Food Packaging, Healthy diet, Labelling, Nutrition, Transparency

France bans use of meaty names for veggie food

24 Apr 2018

France looks set to prohibit meat terms from being used to describe plant-based foods, with MPs backing a proposal to ban producers of meat substitutes from using phrases like “s...

Tags: Consumers, France, Labelling, Meat, Transparency, Vegan

Farmers hail new transparency rules in food safety, still want science-based decisions

18 Apr 2018

EU farmers have welcomed the European Commission’s new rules on transparency in food safety assessments. However, it is still uncertain to which extent this will ensure that futu...

Tags: Agriculture, Consumers, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Member States, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup, Transparency

Fakers, bakers and praline-makers fear bite of EU origin labels

21 Mar 2018

Following the Commission’s proposal for new legislation on so-called country of origin labelling, food companies fear that they will be forced to indicate the origin of the...

Tags: Consumers, Country of origin, EU, European Commission, Food Packaging, Labelling, Transparency

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

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