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Agrifood Podcast: Tractor takeover, pest threat, baby shark
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EU food systems law to lean on green labelling, procurement
Mandatory requirements for sustainable public procurement and a voluntary harmonised sustainability labelling system have been ranked among the preferred policy initiatives under the EU’s framework for a sustainable food systems (FSFS) law, according to a leaked impact assessment. → Read More
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
Commission harmonises rules on animal vaccination to tackle bird flu
The European Commission has announced new rules to harmonise the vaccination of animals against the most serious animal diseases as part of efforts to address the largest epidemic of avian flu observed in the EU so far. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: Livestock leak, chat with MEP on pesticides
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LEAK: EU emission cutting plan hits three times more pig, poultry farms than thought
The EU’s plans to slash industrial emissions could hit over three times as many pig farms and almost four times as many poultry farms as previously suggested due to the use of outdated 2016 data sets, according to a leaked Commission's document seen by EURACTIV. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: European Parliament’s pesticide LEAK and new toys
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European Parliament: Tax pesticides to fund integrated pest management
A national ‘risk-based tax’ on pesticides to fund more sustainable alternatives has been proposed by the European Parliament lawmaker leading the EU’s plans to slash the use and risk of plant protection products by 2030. → Read More
Commission’s verdict still out on EU court ruling on bee-toxic pesticides
After a recent EU court decision to block the emergency use of bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides, the European Commission is still unclear on what exactly this ruling means in practice. → Read More
EU court exempts gene modification technique from stricter rules
The EU’s highest court has concluded that organisms obtained by in-vitro mutagenesis, a genetic modification technique, are excluded from the EU’s rules governing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), a move welcomed by industry players but lambasted by green groups. → Read More
Pack of EU ministers urge Commission to uphold wolves' protection status
Environment ministers of 12 EU member states have written to the European Commission stressing the need to uphold wolves’ protection status on the back of increasing tension between the farming community and the predator. → Read More
Ukrainian agri exports set to continue despite disruption for EU farmers
The European Commission has vowed to continue Ukrainian agricultural exports, intending to address the mounting reports of market disruption at the war-torn country’s borders through Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) support measures. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: Ukraine trade liberalisation, Chinese fisheries, save the bees
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UK allows emergency use of bee-toxic pesticides after EU tightens rules
The UK government has allowed the emergency use of banned bee-toxic neonicotinoid pesticides in England for the third year in a row just days after the EU ruled out the practice. → Read More
EU sugar sector up in arms over decision to restrict bee-toxic pesticides
The EU sugar industry has fired back against an EU court ruling meaning member states are no longer allowed temporary exemptions for banned neonicotinoid pesticides, while other farming bodies maintain this is both workable and necessary given their bee-toxic credentials. → Read More
Agrifood Podcast: Banned pesticides, soaring inflation, German protests
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EU member states aim to thwart live animal transport ban
A group of member states has joined forces to push for a watering down of the upcoming animal transport review, stressing that there should not be a complete ban on the practice given its importance to the agrifood sector. → Read More
EU hits wall in fight against soaring food, fertiliser prices
The European Commission has exhausted all options to tackle soaring food and input prices, EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski told EU lawmakers, reiterating that the only way forward is to increase the EU farming subsidy budget. → Read More
EU member states push back against plans to slash livestock emissions
EU countries are pushing back against the European Commission’s plans to expand new rules to curb pollution in the industrial sector to include livestock, citing concerns over increased administrative burden and unworkable thresholds. → Read More
EU loopholes give free pass to toxic banned pesticides
Banned pesticides deemed toxic to humans and environmental health are still consistently in use in the EU thanks to the routine use of emergency derogations, a new report has found. → Read More