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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 ... — last modified 06 May 2013, 22:57 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 16 May 2012, 17:36 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 16 May 2012, 17:38 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 25 October 2018, 12:55 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, SMEs, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 25 October 2018, 14:09 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- More support for Europe's agricultural and food sectors
- The European Commission published Monday its latest package of exceptional measures to support the agricultural and food sectors which are being most affected ... — last modified 06 May 2020, 00:24 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Headline2, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 09 November 2011, 13:25 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Research & Technology, Health — Relevance: 1%
- EU whitewash on cancer risk from world's most used weedkiller
- Overreliance on unpublished industry studies leads EU food agency to recommend glyphosate approval — last modified 12 November 2015, 12:49 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture, Health — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 10 January 2018, 23:22 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 12 December 2017, 23:15 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture, Health — Relevance: 1%
- 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. ... — last modified 13 January 2015, 16:20 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 12 July 2016, 00:09 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline2, Health, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 17 March 2010, 13:21 CET — filed under: EU Law, European Parliament, Food & Drink, labelling, EU legislation — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 19 April 2018, 20:53 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline2, EU Law - IP — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 12 April 2018, 23:51 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline1 — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 19 December 2013, 21:10 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 24 March 2011, 23:07 CET — filed under: environment, GMO, food, Food & Drink, GM, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 12 December 2017, 23:18 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Environment, Health, Headline1, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Food companies
- Food companies in Europe — last modified 30 May 2014, 13:42 CET — filed under: Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- Food companies
- Food companies in Europe — last modified 30 May 2014, 13:42 CET — filed under: Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- 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. — last modified 17 January 2012, 23:15 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Plant health
- Plant health - tenders and grants — last modified 20 January 2013, 21:56 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 29 October 2015, 13:59 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 15 March 2017, 22:27 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline, Health — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 21 January 2010, 13:46 CET — filed under: food, Food & Drink, safety, labelling, EU legislation — Relevance: 1%
- European Commission DG Health and Consumers Contacts
- Contacts of the European Commission Directorate-General for Health and Consumers. — last modified 21 January 2010, 12:46 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Commission, Consumer, Health — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 03 December 2009, 16:04 CET — filed under: EU Law, EU Law summaries, Food & Drink, safety, Consumer, EU legislation — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 22 February 2017, 14:34 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline2, Agriculture, UK — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 23 January 2019, 13:45 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- 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 ... — last modified 20 February 2014, 18:31 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%