AnimalhealthEurope, which represents 14 of Europe’s leading manufacturers of animal medicines as well as 16 national animal health associations, has welcomed the priorities set out by Ireland as it started its six-month Presidency of...
The European Commission’s decision to reopen discussions on the reauthorisation of glyphosate for a ten year period have been attacked by the farm lobby as too short and by the environmental movement which wants a total ban. Meanwhile, EU Health and Food Safety...
The European Union has failed to relicense glyphosate for use in the EU, with a “no opinion” result from today’s Appeals Committee meeting on the subject. The herbicide active ingredient’s market authorisation expires on July 1st. A last resort meeting of the...
A campaign urging leading US and UK food service firms to press for lower antibiotic levels in the livestock-derived ingredients they use is not from the usual NGO sources. Instead, it is the
It felt quite nostalgic to see the GM issue reappear in the national media headlines after this week’s NFU conference. A presentation from McDonalds’ supply chain manager explained that it is no longer possible to source sufficient commercial beef that hasn’t...