Brussels gave AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer, the green light Tuesday for a proposed acquisition of SABMiller, the world’s second largest…
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Last week, Euro-MPs adopted a draft report for new rules on novel foods. The responsible committee of the Parliament will vote on the regulation on 4 May 2010.On 29 March…
The relationship between drinking and damage to one’s health is stronger in the Baltic countries and Sweden than in Italy, new research from Europe shows. The findings, published in the…
In accordance with the Community Trade Mark Regulation the shape of a chocolate rabbit or reindeer with a red ribbon cannot be registered as a Community trade mark, the General Court…
Euro-MPs renewed their appeal for a ban on food from cloned animals when they voted on novel foods legislation on Wednesday. They also demanded a moratorium on foods using nanotechnology…
New EU organic logo New EU rules on organic food labelling including the requirement to display the new EU organic logo, enter into force on 1 July, 2010. The so-called…
New legislation is needed to ensure fair returns to farmers and transparent prices to consumers, by enforcing fair competition throughout the food supply chain, said the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee…
The Scientific Advisory Board for the new EU Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change held its maiden meeting in Paris, France on 10 June where…
The European Commission proposes rules for imports of fishery products from Greenland into the EU. These rules will affect fish, fishery products as well as by-products derived from these sources.Greenland and…
Official Journal of the EU The European Commission has published the new logo for organic products in the Official Journal of the European Union (Regulation (EU) N° 271 OJ…
