http://www.eubusiness.com Latest Agriculture news from the European Union.<hr /> <p>Advertisement</p> <div><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-3125363935929935"; /* MPU */ google_ad_slot = "4186015603"; google_ad_width = 300; google_ad_height = 250; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script></div><hr /> daily 1 2007-01-02T13:25:17Z http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/food/safer-food The European Commission has adopted a package of measures to strengthen the enforcement of health and safety standards for the whole agri-food chain. Food safety is essential to ensure consumers' confidence and sustainability of food production. The Commission says the package of measures provides a modernised and simplified, more risked-based approach to the protection of health and more efficient control tools to ensure the effective application of the rules guiding the operation of the food chain. The package is a response to calls for better simplification of legislation and smarter regulation thus reducing administrative burden for operators and simplifying the regulatory environment. Special consideration is given to the impact of this legislation on SMEs and micro enterprises which are exempted from the most costly and burdensome elements in the legislation. The current body of EU legislation covering the food chain consists of almost 70 pieces of legislation. Today's package of reform will cut this down to 5 pieces of legislation and will also reduce the red-tape on processes and procedures for farmers, breeders and food business operators (producers, processors and distributors) to make it easier for them to carry out their profession. No publisher eub2 Food & Drink Agriculture 2013-05-06T20:57:53Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/food-health-farm.oeg The European Commission set out Monday what it said would be a revolution in food safety from farm to fork, drawn up in response to the scandal of horse meat sold as beef. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 farm health food 2013-05-07T08:57:24Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/science-farm-gmo.o90 The European Union's bid to keep genetically modified foods at bay risks causing economic ruin by forcing the EU to depend on the outside world for food, scientists said on Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm Science GMO biotech 2013-04-25T16:33:46Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/transition-2014 The European Commission on 18 April published proposals to provide transitional arrangements in 2014 for certain Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) rules, notably the system of Direct Payments. No publisher eub2 Agriculture 2013-04-18T20:35:12Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/food-farm-biotech.nqz The Italian government has asked the European Commission not to renew authorisation of a key genetically-modified corn, according to a letter seen by AFP on Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. environment biotech farm food 2013-04-04T16:06:12Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/us-trade-dispute.nnc The United States on Monday criticized "unnecessary" European Union rules against genetically modified US crop imports as it prepares to enter free-trade talks with the EU. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline US trade farm food 2013-04-02T12:30:06Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm.n5i European Union agriculture ministers agreed a plan to reform the bloc's often contested farm policy, its top budgetary item, after marathon talks winding up late Tuesday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm Headline2 2013-03-21T12:19:07Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/switzerland-farm.n3e The European Commission said Tuesday it will try again to get member states to back a two-year ban on insecticides harmful to bees whose numbers have been in sharp and worrying decline. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. environment farm Syngenta chemical Switzerland Headline1 2013-03-19T15:57:53Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/environment-eu-farm.mvn Euro-MPs on Wednesday approved plans for a radical overhaul of the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by capping subsidies and tying them to environmental concerns. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 environment eu farm 2013-03-14T09:48:20Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/quality-schemes A new framework for Quality schemes in agriculture entered into force on 3 January 2013. Guaranteeing quality to consumers and a fair price for farmers are the twin aims of the new Quality Regulation that enters into force today. Based on the proposal tabled by the Commission in 2010 the text is a very balanced compromise between the Council, the Parliament and the Commission. It encourages the diversification of agricultural production, protect product names from misuse and imitation and help consumers providing information on product characteristics and farming attributes. No publisher eub2 Agriculture 2013-03-04T13:03:30Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/gi-value This study, financed by the European Commission, was carried out by AND International. The conclusions, recommendations and opinions presented in this report reflect the opinion of the consultant and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Commission. No publisher eub2 Food & Drink Agriculture 2013-03-04T16:15:04Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/claw-back-414 A total of €414 million of EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by EU Member States is being claimed back by the European Commission under the 'clearance of accounts procedure'. Member States are responsible for paying out and checking expenditure under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and the Commission is required to ensure that Member States have made correct use of the funds. This money returns to the EU budget because of non-compliance with EU rules or inadequate control procedures on agricultural expenditure. Formally speaking, because some of these amounts have already been recovered from the Member States the net financial impact of today's decision will be some EUR 393 million. No publisher eub2 Agriculture Finance 2013-02-26T16:17:50Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/economy-farm.mks The European Commission said Tuesday it is asking Member States to pay back some 400 million euros in farm funds for non-compliance with EU rules. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm Headline2 economy 2013-02-26T18:15:50Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/china-farm-citrus.mj3 European Union imports of tinned mandarin products from China were hit by a special anti-dumping duty on Friday to protect producers in Europe with high production costs. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. citrus trade farm China Headline2 2013-02-22T19:23:29Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-fish-france.me9 France on Friday said it opposed a European Union decision to lift a ban on fish meal made from ground-up pigs or poultry that came as the bloc faces a spiralling horsemeat scandal. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm fish France 2013-02-15T15:26:03Z News Item