Browsing: Food & Drink
Photo Jasper Greek Golangco (LUXEMBOURG) – While the control system for organic products in the EU has improved in recent years, action is needed on the supervision of imports as…
Water (BRUSSELS) – The EU Council adopted its position Tuesday on a proposal to revise the drinking water directive, a result of the first-ever successful European citizens’ initiative, launched to…
Crop spraying (LUXEMBOURG) – The EU’s top Court annulled Thursday decisions by the EU food agency EFSA to refuse access to studies on the toxicity and carcinogenicity of the pesticide…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (STRASBOURG) -The EU Parliament and the Council reached provisional agreement Monday night on draft rules to ensure the EU risk assessment procedure for food safety…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (STRASBOURG) – The EU Parliament put forward plans Wednesday to make the EU approval procedure of pesticides more transparent and accountable, including granting the public…
Spirit drinks (BRUSSELS) – EU countries have confirmed agreement on a regulation on the definition, presentation and labelling of spirit drinks, including use in other foodstuffs and protection of geographical…
Spirits (BRUSSELS) -EU institutions reached a political agreement Tuesday on new rules for the production and labelling of spirit drinks and for the registration and protection of spirit drinks registered…
Water (STRASBOURG) – 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 environment compared…