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Glyphosate: EFSA shares raw data from risk assessment
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20.12.2016 EditorThe European Food Safety Authority EFSA has shared the raw data that was used in the EU safety evaluation of the pesticide glyphosate. The information has been sent to a group of MEPs who submitted an official request to see the information.
BNN: "We're doing organics because we don’t want pesticides in the environment!"
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20.12.2016 EditorAfter 1000 days (December 17, 2016) and 143 weeks of negotiations at European and national level, the current proposal with its level of compromise remains far removed from reality and poorly crafted in many points. German organic trade association BNN draws a conclusion.
Genetic engineering law: German Federal Council calls for corrections
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19.12.2016 EditorThe German Federal Council Bundesrat calls for comprehensive corrections and improvements to the draft of the new Genetic Engineering Act (Opt out).
Czech Republic: over 1 million Euro to promote organic products
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16.12.2016 EditorThe Czech Ministry of Agriculture is preparing a campaign for the promotion of organic food which aims to boost sales. The state will invest 30 million crowns (about 1.11 million Euro) in the initiative.
Equivalence between China and New Zealand
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16.12.2016 EditorChina and New Zealand have concluded an historic equivalence agreement. The countries agreed to recognize each other's certified organic products as such. This means that a Chinese certificate is valid in New Zealand and vice versa.
OF&G UK: the EU regulation review must be rejected
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15.12.2016 EditorOF&G one of the UK’s leading organic certifiers has taken active steps to bring about the outright rejection of the process and stop any further discussion on the proposed new regulation.
EU organic law: amendments making it more complicated
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15.12.2016The Freiburg lawyer and expert in organic law, Hanspeter Schmidt, and Dr. Manon Haccius, responsible for quality management at Alnatura, explained in a seminar the amendments to existing EU organic law. They provided information for over 100 participants who were mainly representatives from the quality assurance and management departments of manufacturing companies, wholesalers, control organisations and associations.
EU organic regulation review: strong disagreement among EU agriculture ministers
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14.12.2016 EditorOn Monday EU agriculture ministers again failed to find agreement on the proposal for a new organic regulation. The council took note of the Progress Report presented by the Slovak Presidency and intensely debated how to proceed, but no consensus was reached.
IFOAM EU: we need a new start for the organic regulation
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09.12.2016 EditorDespite the enormous efforts made during the last trialogue negotiations held under the Slovakian Presidency, the three institution did not manage to find a final compromise and decided to suspend the negotiation until further notice.
EU safety review on glyphosate still pending
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09.12.2016 EditorAlthough there has been shown clear evidence of the cancerogen potential of the weedkiller glyphosate by the WHO IARC study and the EU Parliament voted against an extension the commission will not accelerate the review.
Review of the EU regulation failed
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08.12.2016 EditorThe rapporteur of the Parliament, Martin Häusling, explains: "The trialogue negotiations held yesterday under the Slovakian Presidency have failed temporary.The talks about a new EU Eco-Regulation can not be continued in my view. "
EU organic farmers show red card to Brussels
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08.12.2016 EditorOrganic farmers in Europe call for an end to the misguided negotiations on the organic regulation proposal that does not deliver a better regulation.
The organic regulation review has reached a dead end
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08.12.2016 Editor"The organic regulation review has reached a dead end - we need to turn around", this is the headline of a letter sent by Eduardo Cuoco, IFOAM EU Director. A review of the existing organic regulation had the potential to improve the legal framework, he writes.
Soil is not recognized as a common good
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07.12.2016 EditorAround 430 organisations joined together to ask Europe to give a right to soil with #People4Soil petition, the first 25.000 signatures have been done - 1 million are needed.
German Minister for the Environment opposed to the release of organisms with a 'gene-drive'
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07.12.2016 EditorThe German Minister for the Environment, Barbara Hendricks, has taken a clear stand against any release of genetically engineered organisms inheriting a 'gene drive'.
Moratorium on new genetic extinction technology at UN convention
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06.12.2016 EditorGene drive technology poses serious and potentially irreversible threats to biodiversity, as well as national sovereignty, peace, and food security, declare 160 global groups at the COP13 meetings in Cancun, Mexico.
US National Organic Standards: no GMO 2.0
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02.12.2016 EditorAccording to US-based Organic Consumers Association (OCA) the National Organic Standard Board (NOSB) decided last month that new GMO technologies won´t be allowed in organics.
World Soil Day: People for Soil Twitterstorm
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01.12.2016 EditorThe World Soil Day (Monday 5 December) is a great chance to ask Europe to develop a specific legislation to save soil from pollution, speculative interests and poisons all around. For this reason more than 400 associations have joined together as People4Soil coalition which is promoting a European Citizens' Initiative.
EIT Food: boost to innovation for the food sector
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30.11.2016 EditorThe EU wants to change the direction of travel in the the food sector by means of a powerful scientific and econmic programme. The aims: education, research and 350 startups for new technologies, healthy food, less food waste and fewer greenhouse gas emissions in production.
Landmark ECJ ruling: research on dangers of pesticides must be made public
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29.11.2016 EditorThe European Court of Justice ruled last week that safety tests conducted by the chemical industry and used by regulators to assess the dangers of pesticides must be disclosed.
USDA: public-private partnerships to support regional food supply
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29.11.2016 EditorU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Lillian Salerno announced three new public-private partnerships that will create economic opportunities in Elgin, Texas; Fresno, Calif.; and Chicago.
EU: Genetically engineered maize - risks not under control
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28.11.2016 EditorThe EU Commission wants to allow the cultivation of three variant of genetically engineered maize for 2017. EU Member States are expected to vote on this issue on 9 December.
Organic leaders call for a regulation that supports development
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28.11.2016 EditorMore than 140 people from 18 countries met in Sevilla, Spain at the 4th Organic Processing Conference to discuss the future of organic food processing.
Saving soils and climate: "4 per 1000" Initiative
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25.11.2016 EditorThe “4 per 1000 Initiative: Soils for Food Security and Climate” aims to demonstrate that agriculture, and agricultural soils in particular, can play a crucial role where food security and climate change are concerned.
COP22: Manifesto for a Bio Morocco and for the Support for a Bio Africa
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24.11.2016 EditorIFOAM President Andre Leu was speaker at the COP22 Green Zone debate by the federation of Moroccan organic agriculture professionals (FIMABIO) in Marrakech.
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