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24 May 2018
Revealed: majority of politicians on key EU farming panel have industry links
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
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23 May 2018
Young people who ‘watch more junk food ads’ consume ‘thousands more calories’
According to a new study carried out by Cancer Research UK, teenagers who watch an extra junk food advert per week consume an extra 18,000 calories a year. The research will be pre...
Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity
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17 May 2018
Glyphosate shown to disrupt microbiome ‘at safe levels’, study claims
Study on rats said to show that the chemical, found in Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller, poses ‘a significant public health concern’. According to the pilot study, the substance...
Tags: Endocrine disruptors, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup
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08 May 2018
Weedkiller products more toxic than their active ingredient, tests show
After more than 40 years of widespread use, new scientific tests show that some popular weedkilling products, like Monsanto’s widely-used Roundup, have higher rates of toxicity t...
Tags: Agriculture, Environment, Food Safety, Glyphosate, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup
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07 May 2018
Fipronil: results of follow-up monitoring published
On 3 May 2018, EFSA published its analysis of food data collected following the widespread detection of fipronil in eggs last summer. The analysis showed that 742 out of 5,000 samp...
Tags: Consumers, EFSA, Fipronil, Food Safety
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04 May 2018
Evolved Nutrition Label to be launched in some EU countries
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
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24 Apr 2018
France bans use of meaty names for veggie food
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
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18 Apr 2018
Farmers hail new transparency rules in food safety, still want science-based decisions
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
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18 Apr 2018
Landmark new EU food waste laws voted through
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...
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12 Apr 2018
Plastic packaging fails to reduce food waste, study warns
One of the main advantages of plastic packaging is that it keeps food fresher for longer, reducing food waste. But a new study by NGOs Friends of the Earth Europe and Zero Waste ...
Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Food Waste, Plastics, Recycling
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12 Apr 2018
EU Commission wants new powers to vet product safety
On April 11, the European Commission proposed giving itself new powers to request scientific studies on the safety of products, in an effort to quell public concerns that industry ...
Tags: Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, Food Safety, Glyphosate, GMO, Monsanto, Pesticides, Roundup
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10 Apr 2018
Soft drinks tax is of greatest benefit to poorer households: Lancet
Taxes levied on sweetened drinks and snack foods are of most benefit to the poor in helping to make long-term healthy lifestyle changes, a Lancet study concludes. Read more on Food...
Tags: Consumers, Healthy diet, Nutrition, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar
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