Gerardo Fortuna
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Swedish minister expects job only half done on pesticide reduction plan
Member states intend to push forward with their compromise texts on parts of the contentious sustainable use of pesticides regulation (SUR), aiming to present a progress report in June, Swedish agriculture minister Peter Kullgren told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview. → Read More
Probiotics sector ferments amid push to tweak outdated EU framework
Latest developments on the ‘probiotics’ term saga suggest that the time is ripe for overcoming the current regulatory framework which, for more than 15 years, has hindered the EU probiotics sector from flourishing as well as restricting consumer information. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: Livestock leak, chat with MEP on pesticides
Agrifood Podcast: Livestock leak, chat with MEP on pesticides – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: European Parliament’s pesticide LEAK and new toys
Agrifood Podcast: European Parliament’s pesticide LEAK and new toys – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Ireland ‘surprised’ to receive EU green light on alcohol health label
The Irish government is "grateful and somewhat surprised" that the European Commission did not reject their draft regulation for health warning labels on alcohol, despite renewed attempts by other member states to block the proposal. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: Ukraine trade liberalisation, Chinese fisheries, save the bees
Agrifood Podcast: Ukraine trade liberalisation, Chinese fisheries, save the bees – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Italy seeks dialogue with Ireland in wine label row
Italians have not given up on opposing Ireland’s plan to introduce cancer warnings on wine bottles, hoping to switch the Irish government representatives to milder positions by approaching them in Brussels. → Read More
Council hashes out secondary use of data in EU health data space
The EU Council has found common ground on the secondary use of data, one of the most crucial aspects for gaining citizens' trust in the European Health Data Space (EHDS), according to a draft position obtained by EURACTIV. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: Banned pesticides, soaring inflation, German protests
Agrifood Podcast: Banned pesticides, soaring inflation, German protests – EURACTIV.com → Read More
European Parliament to set up a standing, dedicated health forum
The three biggest parties – Christian democrats (EPP), socialists (S&D) and liberals (Renew Europe) – struck an agreement on the setting up of a new permanent sub-committee on public health in the European Parliament. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: 2023 foretaste, struggling restaurants & end of livestock
Agrifood Podcast: 2023 foretaste, struggling restaurants & end of livestock – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Scrapping the CAP was never on the table, says former Commissioner
Withdrawing the original proposal for the post-2020 EU farming subsidy programme was never an option for the European Commission, the originator of the reform Phil Hogan told EURACTIV in an interview. → Read More
‘Disappointed’ MEPs call Commission to duty on animal-free science
European lawmakers called on the Commission to finally chart a roadmap to phase out animal tests and end ambiguity in the run-up to the much-awaited revision of the EU’s chemical framework. → Read More
Solution to food labelling puzzle to be found under Swedish presidency
The European Commission and EU lawmakers will keep putting together all the pieces of the complex front-of-pack food labelling puzzle during the upcoming Swedish EU Council presidency after little progress was reached under the Czech one. → Read More
Commission dismisses stall on Dutch CAP plan amid environmental doubts
The chief spokesperson for the European Commission confirmed on Thursday (8 December) that the Dutch plan for EU's farming subsidies will easily win the final seal of approval although the EU Agriculture Commissioner had cast some doubts about the "very high level of environmental risk factors" of Dutch farming. → Read More
Revising chemicals rules alone not enough to phase out animal tests
Revising chemicals rules alone not enough to phase out animal tests – EURACTIV.com → Read More
Biotech needs reinforcing ‘bridge’ between research and real world
Better ensuring the technology transfer from laboratory activities to patients in hospitals is the next step to take for the flourishing European biotech sector, according to health experts and stakeholders. → Read More
Commission dangles gene-editing to soften pesticide reduction plan blow
The revision of the EU's pesticide framework should 'not be seen in isolation' from other forthcoming initiatives such as the proposal on new genomic techniques (NGTs), according to the Europen Commission. → Read More
EU countries divided over funding aid to struggling farmers
European farming ministers are still torn on whether is more appropriate to use the EU budget or state aid to bail out farmers facing increased prices of inputs such as fertilisers. → Read More
EU-US to address pharma standards, China medtech protectionism
The EU and the US are expected to extend the mutual recognition for manufacturing standards to plasma and vaccines, as well as to keep monitoring the worrying protectionist developments in China on medical devices. → Read More