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News
06 May 2021
E171 no longer considered safe for use as a food additive
On 6 May 2021, The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published its long-awaited safety assessment of titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as a food additive (E171)[1]. The assessment c...
Tags: E171, EFSA, Scientific Opinion, titanium dioxide
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News
20 Apr 2021
CSOs call on EP Committees to support an ambitious F2F report
Today, SAFE together with 23 civil society organisation called on the ENVI and AGRI Committees of the European Parliament through a joint letter detailing 10 priorities to support ...
Tags: AGRI Committee, ENVI Committee, European Parliament, F2F strategy, Joint letter, NGOs
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News
19 Apr 2021
Bulgaria: Pesticide with EU-banned substance still widely used in Bulgarian agriculture
The investigative journalist Valia Ahchieva published a video showing a sad reality in Bulgaria: The Mocap, a plant protection product containing an ingredient banned by the EU is ...
Tags: Agriculture, Bulgaria, Pesticides
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News
18 Mar 2021
Greenpeace’s report on certification schemes criticised as attacks on palm oil
The recently published report “Destruction: Certified” by Greenpeace claims that many certification schemes, covering cocoa, coffee, biofuels, palm oil, soy, and wood, ...
Tags: certification, deforestation, Greenpeace, Palm oil
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News
18 Mar 2021
Italy: Debates arise after new environment minister’s remarks to reduce meat consumption
In one of his first public speeches, the Italian newly appointed environment minister, Roberto Cingolani, claimed that “the amount of animal protein consumed should be decrea...
Tags: Climate Change, Farm to Fork, Italy, Meat, Meat consumption, sustainability
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News
09 Mar 2021
Spain: Advertising contributes to rising childhood obesity, research shows
A recent study conducted by the Open University of Catalonia found that advertising of food targeting children is an important factor leading to the increase of childhood obesity r...
Tags: advertisment, childhood obesity, Marketing, Obesity, spain, unhealthy food
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Uncategorized
03 Mar 2021
Conference: “Tackling Adolescent Obesity: How to make a shift towards healthier behaviors“
On February 26, 2021, SAFE has successfully organised a virtual conference, “Tackling Adolescent Obesity : How to make a shift towards healthier behaviors“, to disseminate the ...
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News
22 Feb 2021
NGOs call on the Commission and Council to reject restrictions on the labelling of plant-based products
On 22 February 2021, 21 NGOs including SAFE called on the European Commission and the Council of the European Union to reject the 171th and 72th Amendment of the European Parliamen...
Tags: Dairy, European Commission, european council, Joint letter, NGOs, plant-based
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News
11 Feb 2021
MEPs call for stringent regulations on the use of “natural” claims for food products
On 10 February 2021, a cross-party coalition of 31 MEPs sent a letter to Health and Food Safety Commissioner Stella Kyriakides, highlighting the misleading use of the term “natur...
Tags: Consumers Rights, F2F strategy, food information, green deal, Natural
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News
08 Feb 2021
EFSA also enters the Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling debate
The EU food safety agency EFSA will provide scientific opinions to help developing the EU-wide system for front-of-pack nutrition labelling of foodstuffs, including setting conditi...
Tags: EFSA, European Commission, Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling, Nutrient profiles
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News
08 Feb 2021
The European Commission launches the EU sustainable code of conduct plans for food businesses
The European Commission has taken its first steps towards launching a ‘code of conduct’ for actors along the food chain, as part of its aim to increase the sustainability of th...
Tags: Code of conduct, European Commission, Farm to Fork, green deal, Sustainable food
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News
11 Jan 2021
Debates go on concerning Front-Of-Pack nutrition labels
The debate about new FOP nutrition labels and the form they should take are evergrowing. In an article published by FoodNavigator, several commentators added more water to the mill...
Tags: food label, FOP labelling, Front-of-Pack nutrition labelling, Labelling, Nutriscore
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