If current trends in salt intake continue, the UK will see thousands of extra cases of deaths from heart disease, stroke and stomach cancer by 2025, compared with the trends before 2011, a team of health researchers said today.

The UK food industry welcomed a report out today (July 19) from a House of Commons committee which describes the UK leaving the EU without a deal as “the least desirable option”.

A Belgian MEP is asking the European Commission what it intends to do about low-quality Chinese honey that does not comply with EU standards.

PROValor, a new organization that aims to promote the high quality of Spanish olive oil and to transform the sector, has been set up in Spain with backing from the country’s leading olive oil manufacturer Deoleo.

The Association of Fruit and Vegetable Growers’ Organizations of Almeria (Coexphal) in Spain is sounding an alarm about losses that are being caused by the smuggling and reselling of Moroccan tomatoes under false labels that claim the produce originates locally in Almeria.

Baby food producers’ organisation, Specialised Nutrition Europe (SNE), has stressed the “key role” that their products play in growth and development, in a measured reaction to two reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) that criticised commercial foods for their high sugar content and “inappropriate” marketing as suitable for infants under six months.

If current trends in salt intake continue, the UK will see thousands of extra cases of deaths from heart disease, stroke and stomach cancer by 2025, compared with the trends before 2011, a team of health researchers said today.

The UK food industry welcomed a report out today (July 19) from a House of Commons committee which describes the UK leaving the EU without a deal as “the least desirable option”.

PROValor, a new organization that aims to promote the high quality of Spanish olive oil and to transform the sector, has been set up in Spain with backing from the country’s leading olive oil manufacturer Deoleo.

The UK can no longer rely on the hope that future technologies can repair the damage caused by the food and farming industry because time is running out, an independent report reveals today (July 16).

In an eventful week in Brussels, a German MEP was elected chair of the influential European Parliament agriculture committee (AGRI) and a Frenchman was made chair of the food safety committee (ENVI).

All new agri-food technologies, whether digital, mechanical or biological, have impacts on people and on human society.

If current trends in salt intake continue, the UK will see thousands of extra cases of deaths from heart disease, stroke and stomach cancer by 2025, compared with the trends before 2011, a team of health researchers said today.

New Agriculture and Environment MEPs will hold their first high-level policy discussions this week, after working out the last procedural issues.

The UK food industry welcomed a report out today (July 19) from a House of Commons committee which describes the UK leaving the EU without a deal as “the least desirable option”.

The UK food industry welcomed a report out today (July 19) from a House of Commons committee which describes the UK leaving the EU without a deal as “the least desirable option”.

Poland’s Civic Coalition (KO), the largest bloc of opposition parties that are set to contest the country’s upcoming parliamentary election, have unveiled their platform which includes a plan to scrap Poland’s Sunday shopping ban.

Brazil, the world’s largest poultry exporter, could soon be able to take advantage of new openings in Europe thanks to the EU-Mercosur trade agreement.

The UK food industry welcomed a report out today (July 19) from a House of Commons committee which describes the UK leaving the EU without a deal as “the least desirable option”.

In an eventful week in Brussels, a German MEP was elected chair of the influential European Parliament agriculture committee (AGRI) and a Frenchman was made chair of the food safety committee (ENVI).

A motion to reject the EU-Mercosur trade agreement has been passed by the Irish Parliament (Dáil), in a vote in Dublin on Thursday (July 10).