News from Euroland

Spotlight on recent developments in and around the European Union

June 2012

Europe in figures
-- How much do households in the EU spend on food ? The answer to this and many other questions can be found in the Eurostat yearbook 2012


ANIMAL WELFARE
New perspectives in the enforcement of European Animal Welfare related legislation ...more
EU must use trade agreement negotiations as an opportunity to improve animal welfare in Vietnam... more
Slaughter footage reveals horrifying suffering ... more


CLONING
European Commission must ban animal cloning for food production ...more


EFSA
- conflict of interest? ...more
-EFSA Management Board Chair resigns ...more


FOOD - HEALTH
EU-funded food technology project to help alleviate poverty by preventing food losses ...more
EU satiety project confronts growing obesity crisis ... more
European Parliament adopts new rules for baby milks and gluten-free food ... more
Food: Commission adopts landmark list of permitted health claims ... more
EFSA to consider non-dietary exposure in bisphenol ... more
Roasted crickets and toasted ants – coming to you courtesy of EU research millions ... more


GMO
EFSA opinion rejects French ban on GM corn ... more


NANOTECHNOLOGY
Europeans push the bionanotechnology envelope ...more


ORGANICS
Animal welfare group slams EU organics verdict ...more
Report on implementing the EU organic farming Regulation ...more
Transatlantic organic trade agreement enters force ...more


PLANTS
Plant research ‘grossly underfunded’ to meet growing food supply demands... more .
Bee mortality: ANSES recommends reinforcing European plant protection product regulation ... more
EU updates list of imports of plant origin subject to reinforced border checks ... more
Conventionally-bred plants or animals should be exempt from patents, say MEPs ... more


VIVISECTION
EU strategy to phase-out animal testing needed ... more

Source: Compilation EVANA
Author: div

Link: Environment: Hungary and Romania asked to ensure protection of their wildlife habitats
Link: ‘Milk crisis’ fuels dairy industry EC antitrust investigations