On 27 March, the Regulation on the transparency and sustainability of the EU risk assessment in the food chain becomes applicable. The Commission's proposal for this...
Today (4 July), member states' representatives voted in favour of the European Commission's proposal on scientific criteria to identify endocrine disruptors in the field of plant...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), in the holiday period, published a 'protocol' for the implementation of a major pesticide derogation, Article 4.7 of Regulation 1107/2009....
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has launched a new website dedicated to its work on bee health. #Efsa4Bees contains essential information about EFSA’s project on the...
The European Commission is proposing the reapproval of the controversial substance glyphosate, which is used as a herbicide among other applications, for use in the EU...
The European Ombudsman‘s inquiry into the approval of pesticides by the European Commission highlights concerns with the Commission's practice (known as the confirmatory data procedure) of...
Should cloning for food be banned because of animal welfare concerns? The environment committee votes today (17 June) on amendments to a European Commission proposal to...