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26 Aug 2020
German Scientific Advisory Board recommands using climate labels
The German Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy, Food and Consumer Health Protection(WBAE) has urged the government to introduce mandatory climate labels on food produc...
Tags: Agriculture, Children, food label, Germany, Labelling, Sugar tax
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25 Aug 2020
Transparency on Risk Assessment in the Food chain: SAFE’s response to Public Consultation
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
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15 Jul 2020
SAFE signs NGO Joint letter on the French Act on the transparency of information on agricultural and food products
In hope to prohibit the use, for products of plant origin, of names that have been typically associated with meat products and preparations, such as “steak”, “sausage” and ...
Tags: diet, Joint letter, Meat
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09 Jul 2020
F2F Strategy: NGOs urge the EC to halve per capita Food Waste at Farm level
Back in May 2020, we welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy for a fair, healthy, and environmentally-friendly food system. In thi...
Tags: European Commission, Farm to Fork, Food Waste, Harvest, Joint letter
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24 Jun 2020
New US study shows benefits of Sugar tax models
A study published in the Circulation (official journal from the American Heart Association) showed a simulation model of different designs of taxes on sugary drinks (linked to obes...
Tags: cardiovascular diseases, Diabetes, NCDs, Obesity, Soft-drinks tax, Sugar, Sugar tax, US
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24 Jun 2020
New EFSA opinion on welfare hazards in pig slaughters
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) published a scientific opinion on 17 June in the context of a series of updated assessments on animal welfare at slaughter requested by th...
Tags: animal welfare, EFSA, European Commission, Farm to Fork, pigs
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01 Jun 2020
COVID-19 crisis could ‘kick off digital revolution in agriculture’
Digital farming is set to boom in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis, given its capacity to help the EU farming sector improve its sustainability and recover from the outbreak’...
Tags: covid-19, digital farming, farming
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20 May 2020
The European Commission unveils its Farm to Fork Strategy
On 20 May at 12.00 CET, the European Commission unveiled its long-awaited Farm to Fork Strategy, along with other communications including a report on front-of-pack nutrition label...
Tags: biodiversity, European Commission, F2F strategy, Farm to Fork, green deal
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05 May 2020
NGOs call on the EU Commission to drop GMOs from US trade talks
On 5 May, SAFE and 73 NGOs sent a letter to EC President von der Leyen to call on the EC to drop GMOs from the EU-US trade deal talks. SAFE would like to once again underline the n...
Tags: European Commission, GMO, Joint letter, NGOs, Trade Deals, US
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News
27 Apr 2020
Coca-Cola and Pepsi falling short on pledges over plastic – report
Pepsi and Coca-Cola have not publicly committed to reducing this by 2025, or to invest in reusables or refillables as part of this reduction, Tearfund said in its analysis. Read mo...
Tags: Environment, Food Packaging, Plastics
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24 Apr 2020
How to stop the Coronavirus pandemic disrupting a green future
Stimulating the post-Coronavirus economic recovery through investment in climate Action will help set the world back on its green path, explains Vanora Bennett...
Tags: coronavirus, green future
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23 Apr 2020
Coronavirus and obesity: Doctors take aim at food industry over poor diets
As further evidence suggests that poor diet can be attributed to the root cause of mortality from #COVID19, Cardiologists are blaming the food industry for the normalisation of ult...
Tags: coronavirus, covid-19, diet, Obesity
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