Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission called Wednesday for the EU Plants Animals Food and Feed Committee to meet on June 6 to discuss a limited…
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Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (BRUSSELS) – The European Commission again postponed a vote on whether to renew the licence for the controversial herbicide glyphosate on Thursday, despite a WHO…
Cows (BRUSSELS) – The EU adopted new rules on conditions for the breeding, trade-in and imports into the EU of breeding animals and their genetic material on Tuesday, confirming agreement…
EU agri-food exports in February 2016 were worth EUR 10.2 billion, well above export values in January, and even slightly above exports…
Members of the European Parliament called Wednesday for a ban on all uses of glyphosate-based herbicides in private and public green areas, including…
The European Commission says cereal production in 2010 will be close to the average recorded since 2005. According to a report drafted by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the yield…
The use of animals in scientific experiments could soon be reduced by new legislation, approved by the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee on Monday, which aims for a balance between improving…
New EU organic logo New EU rules on organic food labelling including the requirement to display the new EU organic logo, enter into force on 1 July, 2010. The so-called…
New legislation is needed to ensure fair returns to farmers and transparent prices to consumers, by enforcing fair competition throughout the food supply chain, said the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee…
The Scientific Advisory Board for the new EU Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change held its maiden meeting in Paris, France on 10 June where…
