A closer look at the Commission’s proposed Regulation on deforestation-free products
05 May Agriculture & Food

A closer look at the Commission’s proposed Regulation on deforestation-free products

Here's your quick guide to the EU's draft deforestation legislation, what's at stake and what's coming up next
by Natalia Pujalte
Closing the loop on steel packaging
28 Mar Agriculture & Food
Closing the loop on steel packaging
Setting Maximum & Minimum Levels of Vitamins & Minerals for Food Supplements: The EHPM Model
15 Mar Agriculture & Food
Setting Maximum & Minimum Levels of Vitamins & Minerals for Food Supplements: The EHPM Model
Time for closer collaboration in food safety assessment?
31 Jan Agriculture & Food
Time for closer collaboration in food safety assessment?
Issue 461 | 25 September 2017
26 Sep Agriculture & Food
Issue 461 | 25 September 2017
European Health Forum Gastein special issue featuring Health & Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis, Austrian Health & Women's Affairs Minister Pamela Rendi-Wagner, European Health Forum Gastein President Clemens Martin Auer and more.  Plus: Brexit Latest, European Week of Sport, Cardiovascular Disease, FinTech, Energy Security and 5 questions with Margrete Auken.
EU Commission moves to deny reauthorisation of formaldehyde
21 Sep Agriculture & Food
EU Commission moves to deny reauthorisation of formaldehyde
The European Commission has been criticised for appearing to perform a dramatic U-turn in the long-running saga surrounding the use of formaldehyde in animal feed.
New agricultural breeding techniques: EU must take off its ideological blinkers
20 Sep Agriculture & Food
New agricultural breeding techniques: EU must take off its ideological blinkers
The debate on modern agriculture and new breeding techniques must be pragmatic, says Norbert Lins.
World needs vigorous regulatory action to fight AMR
20 Sep Agriculture & Food
World needs vigorous regulatory action to fight AMR
The global response to AMR requries strong collaboration between the environmental, trade, innovation and human and animal health sectors, says José Inácio Faria.
Will Europe embrace precise plant breeding or further frustrate innovation? PM+
18 Sep Agriculture & Food
Will Europe embrace precise plant breeding or further frustrate innovation?
We urgently need legal certainty to support innovation in plant breeding in the EU, writes Arjen van Tunen. 
Issue 460 | 11 September 2017
12 Sep Agriculture & Food
Issue 460 | 11 September 2017
Corina Crețu Interview, Clean Energy, EU-Brazil trade, Biotech Week, Antimicrobial Resistance, Jobs and Growth, Copyright Reform, German Elections, 5 questions with Merja Kyllönen and more.
Biotech Industry State of the Union Evaluation
12 Sep Agriculture & Food
Biotech Industry State of the Union Evaluation
EU should put innovation friendly policies back at the heart of their agenda, to benefit from the biotech potential to boost jobs and growth.
Antimicrobial Resistance: Time To Act
12 Sep Agriculture & Food
Antimicrobial Resistance: Time To Act
A Parliament Magazine special supplement in association with PA International on ending the impending threat caused by antibacterial resistance.
Sugar is the sweet spot of an EU-Mercosur trade deal PM+
05 Sep Agriculture & Food
Sugar is the sweet spot of an EU-Mercosur trade deal
EU-Mercosur trade talks have progressed on many issues this year, but sugar - a critical area for Brazil and a huge source of potential for EU industry - has been left out, writes Géraldine Kutas. 
EU Commission monitoring fipronil egg crisis
11 Aug Agriculture & Food
EU Commission monitoring fipronil egg crisis
The European Commission says it is closely monitoring the egg crisis rapidly engulfing Europe.
EU reopens discussions on glyphosate approval
20 Jul Agriculture & Food
EU reopens discussions on glyphosate approval
The EU’s standing committee on plants, animals, food and feed has met to discuss the European Commission's proposal to renew the licence for the use of glyphosate in the EU for 10 years.
Fertilising regulation: Balancing human health and innovation
10 Jul Agriculture & Food
Fertilising regulation: Balancing human health and innovation
Updating the fertilizers regulation must not be used as an excuse for a backdoor revision of the nitrates directive, warns Marc Tarabella.
Fertilising regulation: Devil is in the detail Thought Leader
10 Jul Agriculture & Food
Fertilising regulation: Devil is in the detail
The devil, as always, is in the detail of the new fertilising regulation, argues Jacob Hansen.
EU must break down barriers to free movement of innovative fertilizers
10 Jul Agriculture & Food
EU must break down barriers to free movement of innovative fertilizers
Europe must break down barriers to the free movement of innovative fertilizers, writes Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz.
Issue 459 | 10 July 2017
07 Jul Agriculture & Food
Issue 459 | 10 July 2017
Michał Boni Interview, Estonian EU Council Presidency Preview, EU-Cuba trade, Towards a Digital Single Market, Antimicrobial Resistance, Fertilizers Regulation, Happiness and Wellbeing, New Skills Agenda, 5 questions with Viorica Dăncilă and more.
Safe and sound: assessing the risk?
07 Jul Agriculture & Food
Safe and sound: assessing the risk?
The European Food Safety Agency needs to do more than merely quantify risk; it needs to consider how risk is effectively communicated, says Julie Girling.
What will happen to UK agriculture post-Brexit?
27 Jun Agriculture & Food
What will happen to UK agriculture post-Brexit?
No one knows what a post-Brexit UK agricultural policy will look like, explains James Nicholson.
Issue 458 | 26 June 2017
23 Jun Agriculture & Food
Issue 458 | 26 June 2017
Brexit talks begin, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, Future-Proofing Workers Rights, Skin Cancer, Antimicrobial Resistance, EU-Japan Trade, Future Internet, Arms Export Control, 5 questions with Fulvio Martusciello and more.
Time to act on Antibacterial resistance
16 Jun Agriculture & Food
Time to act on Antibacterial resistance
The threat from antimicrobial resistance continues to be underestimated. What are governments and stakeholders doing to tackle this growing threat to global public health?
Expanding the farmer's toolbox: Towards low-risk pesticides?
15 Jun Agriculture & Food
Expanding the farmer's toolbox: Towards low-risk pesticides?
Pressure grows for moves towards biological low-risk pesticides, reports Rory Watson.
Issue 457 | 12 June 2017
12 Jun Agriculture & Food
Issue 457 | 12 June 2017
Violeta Bulc interview, EU Sustainable Energy Week, Cleaner Cars, Performers' Rights, Antimicrobial Resistance, e-Privacy, Low-Risk Pesticides 5 questions with Hilde Vautmans and more.
Europe is on the right path for sustainable agriculture - but there's room for improvement
31 May Agriculture & Food
Europe is on the right path for sustainable agriculture - but there's room for improvement
Europe is on the right path for sustainable agriculture, but it needs a more coherent framework, says Ulrike Müller.
How can EU consume and produce fairer and better?
31 May Agriculture & Food
How can EU consume and produce fairer and better?
If the EU wants to reach its sustainable development goals, it must rethink its food production model, writes Stefan Eck.
Issue 456 | 29 May 2017
30 May Agriculture & Food
Issue 456 | 29 May 2017
Seb Dance interview, fertilizers regulation, copyright, PNR, European week against cancer, 5 questions with Indrek Tarand and more.