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- 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%
- eAmbrosia - the EU geographical indications register
- eAmbrosia is a legal register of the names of agricultural products and foodstuffs, wine, and spirit drinks that are registered and protected across the EU. It ... — last modified 25 October 2023, 21:16 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, product, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- EU to strengthen protection of high quality food and drink products
- EU Parliament and Council negotiators reached a provisional deal Tuesday to strengthen geographical indications (GIs) and other quality schemes for wine, ... — last modified 27 October 2023, 15:38 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer, Headline2, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- EU lifts Fukushima restrictions on food imports
- At the EU-Japan Summit Thursday, Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen announced that the Commission is lifting the import restrictions for food following the ... — last modified 15 July 2023, 00:01 CET — filed under: External Relations, Food & Drink, Headline2, Japan — 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%
- 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 ... — last modified 02 October 2012, 14:12 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- The EU has no time to lose on food waste
- Six weeks after the publication of the EU Farm to Fork Strategy, a brand new report out today outlines the additional action still needed to put the EU on ... — last modified 01 July 2020, 23:37 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- Protection of Geographical Indications and Designations of Origin
- This Regulation establishes the rules for protecting designations of origin and geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs intended for ... — last modified 11 January 2010, 19:05 CET — filed under: EU Law, EU Law summaries, Food & Drink, Consumer, EU legislation — Relevance: 1%
- EU institutions strike provisional deal for reform of the CAP
- Negotiators from the European Parliament and the EU Council reached an informal political agreement Friday on three EU laws that will govern EU farm policy and ... — last modified 25 June 2021, 18:08 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Headline, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- EU targets microplastics for improved water quality
- The European Commission adopted two new measures Monday designed to enhance the EU’s water resilience and to improve water quality and quantity throughout the ... — last modified 11 March 2024, 22:52 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Headline2 — Relevance: 1%
- Free food for Europe's poor - Commission proposal
- The European Commission proposed on 17 September to improve the current food distribution programme for the most deprived persons in the European Union by ... — last modified 17 September 2008, 17:10 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Social — Relevance: 1%
- Commission plans to relax rules on GM crops in Europe - Procedural tweaks fail to protect public and environment
- The European Commission will announce today proposals to speed up the union’s genetically modified (GM) crop authorisation procedure. Member states are being ... — last modified 13 July 2010, 18:12 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Consumer, Health — Relevance: 1%
- GMOs in the EU - review of decision-making process
- The European Commission presented on 22 April the outcome of its review of the decision-making process for the authorisation of Genetically Modified Organisms ... — last modified 22 April 2015, 17:31 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture, Health — Relevance: 1%
- Joint EU-UK food and drink industry letter on rules of origin to lead EU and UK trade negotiators
- Joint letter to M. Michel Barnier signed by 57 associations representing food and drink industries across the EU and UK calling EU and UK negotiators to ... — last modified 16 June 2020, 23:55 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Brexit, Britain, Trade — Relevance: 1%
- Mediterranean research partnership to increase food and water sustainability
- The Commission presented Wednesday a proposal for a Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA) with the aim of developing novel ... — last modified 19 October 2016, 23:01 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture, Research & Technology — Relevance: 1%
- EU-FORA - The EUropean FOod Risk Assessment Fellowship Programme
- EFSA’s EU-FORA fellowship programme offers a unique opportunity to motivated early to mid-career scientists from EU national risk assessment authorities and ... — last modified 10 November 2016, 22:24 CET — filed under: Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- Food labelling: another missed opportunity for healthier choices
- European consumers and public health in general were dealt a severe blow today when MEPs voted not to proceed with establishing a European wide colour coding ... — last modified 17 March 2010, 23:52 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Farm to Fork: European Parliament backs green transition against massive industry pressure
- In a plenary vote yesterday, MEPs defended and reinforced the EU's roadmap for a sustainable transformation of our food systems. — last modified 20 October 2021, 22:43 CET — filed under: Environment, Consumer, Agriculture, Food & Drink — Relevance: 1%
- European food agency issues preliminary review of GM maize rat study
- French study raises questions on lack of long-term testing under EU rules — last modified 04 October 2012, 16:36 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Consumer, Health — Relevance: 1%
- Lawsuit filed against EU authorisation of genetically engineered soybeans
- Environmental organisations and scientists jointly bring the case to the European Court of Justice — last modified 21 March 2013, 23:33 CET — filed under: EU Law, Food & Drink, Research & Technology — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs propose ban on glyphosate herbicide by 2020
- MEPs on the European Parliament's Environment Committee backed Wednesday a full ban on glyphosate-based herbicides by December 2020 and immediate restrictions ... — last modified 19 October 2017, 14:06 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Environment, European Parliament, Headline1, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- Cloning - guide
- The European Commission has announced that it will propose a temporary suspension of animal cloning for food production in the EU. The Commission also plans to ... — last modified 19 October 2010, 17:27 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Agriculture, Environment, Health, Consumer — Relevance: 1%
- Public interest win as EU Court annuls EFSA refusal to disclose glyphosate data
- This morning, the European Court of Justice annuled the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) refusal to disclose data from industry-owned scientific studies ... — last modified 07 March 2019, 21:02 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%
- MEPs call on EU to tackle food waste mountain
- MEPs on the European Parliament's Environment committee put forward a number of possible measures Tuesday to cut the EU 88 million tonnes per year food waste ... — last modified 13 April 2017, 12:34 CET — filed under: Food & Drink, Headline1, European Parliament — Relevance: 1%
- Rising doubts about safety of genetically engineered plants
- In a letter to Commissioner Dalli, Testbiotech and GeneWatch UK give new evidence of EFSA´s failure to perform risk assessment of genetically engineered plants. — last modified 02 February 2012, 12:48 CET — filed under: Environment, Food & Drink, Agriculture — Relevance: 1%