More than 350 cases of online offers and advertising of food claiming to prevent or cure coronavirus have been found by European countries in the past few months.
The 352
The European Commission has set targets to reduce pesticide use and sales of antimicrobials by 2030.
The Farm to Fork strategy includes a reduction by 50 percent on the use
More than a dozen countries have taken advantage of temporary rules to tackle disruption in official control systems in Europe because of the coronavirus pandemic.
As of May 6, 15
European officials have evaluated the way the United States controls microbiological contamination in food of non-animal origin that is destined for Europe.
The review by DG Sante, the European Commission’
The World Health Organization (WHO) and European Commission have published separate guidance about coronavirus and food safety.
The WHO interim guidance for food businesses said it was “highly unlikely” that
The effectiveness of a control system for food of non-animal origin in Poland, which verifies that microbiological risks are detected and reduced, has been questioned in an audit report.
The
Chicken meat from Brazil is being investigated as the source of Salmonella illnesses in the Netherlands.
Between the end of 2019 and mid-February 2020, the National Institute for Public Health
A consumer group has called on the European Commission to ensure that food safety and consumer protection are not compromised during the coronavirus pandemic.
Foodwatch has written to Stella Kyriakides,
The European Commission is to give member states more flexibility to do official controls in the food supply chain because of coronavirus.
The Commission leaders say the crisis relating to
Controls on the ready-to-eat food sector in Belgium mostly ensure compliance with European union rules, but some issues are not detected or treated seriously enough.
DG Sante, the unit that
More than 90 comments have been received on the European Commission’s sustainable food plan.
The strategy details the regulatory and non-regulatory measures needed to create more efficient, climate-smart systems
Lithuania is not able to verify whether food of non-animal origin is produced in compliance with EU regulations to prevent contamination with pathogens, according to a recent audit report.
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