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EFSA to add its flavour to nutrition labelling debate
EURACTIV says the EU food safety agency EFSA is to provide scientific advice to support the development of a future...
Delhi police sedition action against Greta Thunberg is chilling, say activists
Pop star Rhianna and climate activist Greta Thunberg have waded into a months-long protest by tens of thousands of farmers...
Irish Sea border: When grace periods end, what?
The BBC says, at 23:00 on New Year's Eve a new EU trade border was effectively created in Northern Ireland's...
Covid-era reboot for world’s $10 trillion food system
Bloomberg says, “Food systems” is one of those abstractions that for years has been largely confined to academic and policy-making circles, but...
Legal threat over bee-harming pesticide
The BBC reports that the Wildlife Trusts is to take legal action against the UK government over its decision to...
An open letter on the food emergency to the UK’s Prime Minister and Government
From: Professor Tim Lang, Professor Erik Millstone, Professor Terry Marsden Dear Prime Minister and Ministers, We write as academics and...
OECD: urgent policy reform needed in food systems
An OECD report launched this week says agricultural policies must be urgently reformed to support food security and nutrition, livelihoods...
Create a UK Minister for Hospitality, petition says
A government petition says the UK hospitality industry is responsible for around 3 million jobs and generating £130 billion in...
Biden orders faster relief funding, more food aid
Reuters reports that US President Joe Biden ordered the faster issuance of pandemic stimulus checks to needy families and increased...
Biden must begin a food diplomacy revolution
A EURACTIV opinion piece responds to Trump administration ambassadors in Rome and Brussels (Kip Tom and Ronald Gidwitz respectively) who published...
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