Since 12 January, EU Member States must monitor, in a harmonised way, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in drinking water to comply with new EU limit values under the recast Drinking Water Directive.
The European Parliament and EU Council have reached a provisional agreement on a set of rules that establish a legal framework for new EU rules for plants obtained by using new genomic techniques (NGTs).
The European Commission has published a legislative act setting up an EU Pollinator Monitoring Scheme with a view to helping EU member states reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
The EU Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into whether energy drinks company Red Bull illegally restricted competition in the energy drinks sector in breach of EU competition rules.
The EU Commission has approved the addition of a lime honey produced by French bees from Picardie and a type of pork sausages from Romania’s Valcean region to its list of Protected Geographical Indications.
in 2024, of which more than two-thirds (69%) was produced in Italy, according to figures released by the EU’s statistics agency Eurostat.
The EU Commission has authorised a genetically modified soybean for use in food and animal feed, following a European Food Safety Authority scientific assessment.
