EU must reinstate science in GMO safety assessment and eliminate unnecessary animal testing
17 April 2018
Beat Späth, Director of Agricultural Biotechnology at EuropaBio, calls for an end to unneeded animal testing.
Antimicrobial resistance is an inevitable part of evolution
11 April 2018
Antimicrobial resistance is a natural, inevitable process, but changing our behaviour and...
Issue 473 | 09 April 2018
9 April 2018
Soraya Post interview, Violence Against Women, Biofuels, Bulgarian EU Council Presidency...
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EU reopens discussions on glyphosate approval
20 July 2017
The EU’s standing committee on plants, animals, food and feed has met to discuss the European...
Estonian EU Council presidency to prioritise action to combat antimicrobial resistance
12 July 2017
New Chinese research suggests feed additives can promote animal health and growth as well as or...
Fertilising regulation: Balancing human health and innovation
10 July 2017
Updating the fertilizers regulation must not be used as an excuse for a backdoor revision of the...
Fertilising regulation: Devil is in the detail
10 July 2017
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 July 2017
Europe must break down barriers to the free movement of innovative fertilizers, writes Ildikó Gáll-...
Issue 459 | 10 July 2017
7 July 2017
Michał Boni Interview, Estonian EU Council Presidency Preview, EU-Cuba trade, Towards a Digital...
Safe and sound: assessing the risk?
7 July 2017
The European Food Safety Agency needs to do more than merely quantify risk; it needs to consider...
What will happen to UK agriculture post-Brexit?
27 June 2017
No one knows what a post-Brexit UK agricultural policy will look like, explains James Nicholson.
Issue 458 | 26 June 2017
23 June 2017
Brexit talks begin, Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, Future-Proofing Workers Rights, Skin...
Time to act on Antibacterial resistance
16 June 2017
The threat from antimicrobial resistance continues to be underestimated. What are governments and...
Expanding the farmer's toolbox: Towards low-risk pesticides?
15 June 2017
Pressure grows for moves towards biological low-risk pesticides, reports Rory Watson.
Issue 457 | 12 June 2017
12 June 2017
Violeta Bulc interview, EU Sustainable Energy Week, Cleaner Cars, Performers' Rights, Antimicrobial...
Europe is on the right path for sustainable agriculture - but there's room for improvement
31 May 2017
Europe is on the right path for sustainable agriculture, but it needs a more coherent framework,...
How can EU consume and produce fairer and better?
31 May 2017
If the EU wants to reach its sustainable development goals, it must rethink its food production...
Issue 456 | 29 May 2017
30 May 2017
Seb Dance interview, fertilizers regulation, copyright, PNR, European week against cancer, 5...
Fertilizers Regulation: Introducing lower cadmium limits could weaken EU
29 May 2017
The EU is sleep walking into a security, geopolitical and trade crisis, warns Tomasz Włostowski.
Fertilizers Regulation: Cadmium limits in the new fertilizers regulation must be based on sound risk assessments
29 May 2017
New standards should not be based on a precautionary approach, argues Elisabetta Gardini.
Fertilizers Regulation: EU's failure to address challenges of cadmium limits is a massive institutional failure
29 May 2017
Low limits will only benefit Russian producers, argues Jarosław Wałęsa
Fertilizers Regulation: Proposed cadmium targets for phosphate fertilizers are not unrealistic
29 May 2017
Phosphate fertilizers are now Europe’s main source of cadmium contamination, says Pavel Poc.
Fertilizers Regulation: Food quality starts with fertilization
29 May 2017
There are natural ways of bringing soil back to life, argues Martin Häusling.
Will the EU phosphate fertilizer industry be a cadmium casualty?
29 May 2017
Paloma Pérez Sánchez and Pierre Jaouen on why they believe a cadmium limit of 80 mg strikes the...
Issue 455 | 15 May 2017
15 May 2017
Karmenu Vella interview, Green Week, EU Maritine Day, European Business Summit preview, Alcohol...
Food waste is an all-encompassing problem
15 May 2017
Food waste occurs across the entire supply and consumption chain, therefore no single regulation...
EU has equipped itself with robust plant protection legislation
12 May 2017
Six months on from Parliament's adoption of the plant protection report, shadow rapporteur Viorica...