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- Smarter rules for 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 ...
- EU Register of nutrition and health claims made on foods
- The EU Register is for information only, showing: Permitted nutrition claims and their conditions of use Authorised health claims, their conditions ...
- List of permitted Health Claims on food products - guide
- Health claims on food labelling and in advertising, for example on the role of calcium and bone health or vitamin C and the immune system, have become vital ...
- Make sure UTP negotiations help farmers - and consumers
- Today's European Parliament Plenary gave a mandate to Paolo de Castro MEP to start negotiations with the Council and Commission on the Directive on Unfair ...
- MEPs back plans to clean up Europe's drinking water
- The European Parliament backed plans on Tuesday to improve consumers’ trust in drinking water from the tap, which is much cheaper and cleaner for the ...
- Binge drinking more common in northern Europe
- The relationship between drinking and damage to one's health is stronger in the Baltic countries and Sweden than in Italy, new research from Europe shows. The ...
- EU whitewash on cancer risk from world's most used weedkiller
- Overreliance on unpublished industry studies leads EU food agency to recommend glyphosate approval
- EU Commission uses the Christmas period to grant authorisation for imports of genetically engineered soybeans
- The EU Commission has granted six further authorisations for genetically engineered plants, including some controversial genetically engineered soybeans with ...
- Approval of pesticides in the EU
- What are pesticides? Who decides on their authorisation? Who is responsible for their use? How can pesticides be used safely? An active substance is only ...
- European Parliament votes through new powers for governments to ban GM crops
- The European Parliament today voted to grant national governments new powers to ban the cultivation of genetically modified (GM) crops in their territories. ...
- MEPs veto alertness claims for energy drinks
- Euro-MPs voted on Thursday to veto European Commission plans to allow claims that sugary drinks and energy drinks containing caffeine boost 'alertness' or ...
- Euro-MPs opt for clearer food labelling rules
- The European Parliament's Environment Committee on Tuesday approved draft legislation on clearer and more informative new food labelling rules which require ...
- Kitkat protected status in doubt in EU Court's opinion
- The future of the three-dimensional shape of Nestle's ‘Kit Kat 4 fingers’ chocolate as an EU trade mark is in doubt following Thursday's opinion of the ...
- Food safety: EU acts to make food studies more reliable
- Responding to public concern in the form of a 'European Citizens' Initiative', the EU Commission presented Wednesday a proposal to improve the transparency of ...
- Food from cloned animals: consumers left in the dark - BEUC
- Despite European consumers having no appetite for food from cloned animals or their offspring, they might be eating it unawares. Today’s European Commission ...
- Defining Environmental Risk Assessment Criteria for Genetically Modified (GM) Mammals and Birds to be placed on the EU market
- Globally, GM mammals and birds are being developed for a range of purposes, including use as food, pets or for production of pharmaceuticals. There is a ...
- Commission renews approval of glyphosate herbicide for 5 years
- The European Commission renewed for 5 years EU approval of glyphosate Tuesday, following scientific assessment which it says concludes there is no link between ...
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- BASF retreats from Europe as GM crops rejected
- BASF today announced it is abandoning its plans to develop and commercialise genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe.
- Plant health
- Plant health - tenders and grants
- Monitoring drinking water for better protection of public health
- New EU rules to improve the monitoring of drinking water across Europe came into force on 28 October, improving access to wholesome and clean drinking water in ...
- Tougher EU food inspections on the menu
- The EU Parliament adopted plans Wednesday to tighten up official food inspections, aiming to improve food traceability, combat fraud and restore consumer trust ...
- Food and Feed Labelling
- In the EU rules are put in place on the labelling of foodstuffs to enable European consumers to get comprehensive information on the contents and the ...
- European Commission DG Health and Consumers Contacts
- Contacts of the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers.
- General principles of food law - European Food Safety Authority
- The EU's legislation governing the general principles of food law and harmonised controls also underpins the European Food Safety Authority, a European agency ...
- Protected status for Welsh coracle-caught salmon
- Salmon caught using the ancient Welsh traditional method of coracle fishing was awarded protected EU status Tuesday when it was added to the EU's quality ...
- Leak: European governments pave way for bee-killing pesticides
- Under pressure from pesticide producers and governments, the European Commission is planning to scrap bee-safety standards that led to a ban of three ...
- Commission reviews EU's animal welfare strategy
- The European Commission marked the mid-point of the EU's Strategy for the Protection and Welfare of Animals 2012-2015 last week at a conference in Brussels ...
- EU adopts list of approved flavouring substances
- Flavouring substances in food will become even safer and more transparent thanks to two pieces of legislation adopted today by the European Commission. Only ...