The French and European candidate for the next leadership of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has informed MEPs about her planned priorities for the organisation.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is recommending that the EU sets stricter targets for Salmonella contamination in laying hens to tackle salmonellosis cases in the public.

Industry association, Dairy UK, has written to a vegan cheesemonger in London asking the company not to describe their products as “cheese”. The development reflects a growing concern in Europe and the US about the use of meat and dairy terms for plant-based products.

Industry association, Dairy UK, has written to a vegan cheesemonger in London asking the company not to describe their products as “cheese”. The development reflects a growing concern in Europe and the US about the use of meat and dairy terms for plant-based products.

A ground-breaking new report from international affairs think-tank Chatham House on meat analogues – both plant-based alternatives to meat and lab meat grown from cell cultures – has underlined that EU regulators need to take a “proactive and inclusive approach to resolving outstanding regulatory uncertainties, particularly around product naming and labelling.”

Authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have published a new rulebook on food product quality, after the proposal was approved by the country’s Council of Ministers late last year.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is recommending that the EU sets stricter targets for Salmonella contamination in laying hens to tackle salmonellosis cases in the public.

Industry association, Dairy UK, has written to a vegan cheesemonger in London asking the company not to describe their products as “cheese”. The development reflects a growing concern in Europe and the US about the use of meat and dairy terms for plant-based products.

The UK will retain tariffs on imports of sensitive agricultural products if it leaves the EU without a deal at the end of next month, UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove said today.

A ground-breaking new report from international affairs think-tank Chatham House on meat analogues – both plant-based alternatives to meat and lab meat grown from cell cultures – has underlined that EU regulators need to take a “proactive and inclusive approach to resolving outstanding regulatory uncertainties, particularly around product naming and labelling.”

Member state ambassadors have given the thumbs up to the agreement struck last week with the European Parliament and Commission over the revision of the general food law to improve transparency in risk assessment.

A Green MEP has urged caution with cell-cultured meat development in the EU, calling for the bloc to apply the precautionary principle to prevent risks to human health or the environment.

The French and European candidate for the next leadership of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has informed MEPs about her planned priorities for the organisation.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is recommending that the EU sets stricter targets for Salmonella contamination in laying hens to tackle salmonellosis cases in the public.

A ground-breaking new report from international affairs think-tank Chatham House on meat analogues – both plant-based alternatives to meat and lab meat grown from cell cultures – has underlined that EU regulators need to take a “proactive and inclusive approach to resolving outstanding regulatory uncertainties, particularly around product naming and labelling.”

The UK will retain tariffs on imports of sensitive agricultural products if it leaves the EU without a deal at the end of next month, UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove said today.

Russia may now ban imports of canned meat and fish, eggs, olives, fruit juices and jams, according to recent statements by some senior state officials and importers, in response to a potential new wave of EU and US sanctions.

The UK will retain tariffs on imports of sensitive agricultural products if it leaves the EU without a deal at the end of next month, UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove said today.

UK-based firms are looking to shift the ownership of their EU product approvals to subsidiaries in continental Europe in preparation for the UK leaving the EU on March 29th.

Progress was being made in the US last week to ensure that regulators are suitably ready to deal with the innovative leap forward that is cell-based meat.