The European Commission is to renew the approval of glyphosate for another 10 years.
Member states did not reach the required qualified majority to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate during a vote at the Appeal Committee this week. In October, a similar thing happened in a previous vote
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No major areas of concern have been found during an assessment of glyphosate by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
Glyphosate is a chemical used in some herbicide products. It is currently approved for use in the EU until mid-December 2023.
EFSA did not identify any critical areas of concern
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The number of samples with pesticide residues above the legal limit has gone down in the European Union compared to the year before.
Almost 88,000 samples were collected in Europe in 2021. Overall, 96 percent of them fell within legally permitted levels. Almost 35,000 samples contained residues not exceeding legal
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Beginning next October, the Supreme Court session will have a food and agriculture theme going for it. The high court has already agreed to hear two blockbuster cases involving the Clean Water Act and California’s Proposition 12.
And while the National Corn Growers Association failed to get the court to
Continue Reading A food and agriculture theme emerging for next Supreme Court session
On Monday the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit heard arguments in the challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto-Bayer’s flagship Roundup weedkiller.
Glyphosate is down but not out after last year when California’s highest Court upheld an $86.2 million
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The non-compliance rate for pesticides in foods decreased in 2019, according to a report published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
The report is based on data from official national controls done by EU member states, Iceland and Norway.
For 2019, 96.1 percent of the 96,302 samples analyzed fell
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Almost 96 percent of food samples were free of pesticide residues or contained traces within legal levels, according to an annual European report.
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) looked at the results of nearly 90,000 samples collected from 28 EU member states plus Iceland and Norway in 2017.
Overall,
Continue Reading Majority of food within limits for pesticide residues
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have backed plans to ensure data used in decisions on food safety is made publicly available.
The plenary vote on amendments to the General Food Law saw approval for a move to publish safety studies before a product is authorized to go to market.
Continue Reading Consumer groups back EU transparency vote
A special testing program showed more than 60 percent of corn and soybeans sampled by the Food and Drug Administration were positive for glyphosate and glufosinate residues in FY 2016, but none of the samples had levels higher than the legal limits.
The FDA released the herbicide data from the
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Every hour of every day people around the world people are living with and working to resolve food safety issues. Here is a sampling of current headlines for your consumption.
They’re not just shuckin’ corn in Nebraska
Scientists in the Corn Husker State earned recognition yesterday for their leadership on
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