EU

Back to the future on food regulations
Plans for the UK to realign with EU food laws will reduce import costs but leave a raft of unanswered questions including over the future for cell-cultivated meat.
€111bn – alternative protein boost for the EU
Scaling plant-based foods, cultivated meat, and fermentation-made ingredients could deliver major economic gains for the EU, while improving food security and agricultural resilience.
Brexit? No way say hospitality bosses
Almost three quarters (74%) of hospitality bosses will vote to remain in the EU given that membership of the bloc “suits the nature of many businesses in the sector”. The survey, carried out as part of the “Leading through complexity”…
Will EU plans hold water?
As governments across Europe struggle with shortages, Brussels hopes to boost use of wastewater to irrigate crops. But are consumers ready, asks Valerie Flynn. As the warm summer months arrive, ask yourself this: would you eat food grown on land…
Why have foodservice businesses been reluctant to wade into the referendum debate?
A vote to leave the EU would have an enormous impact on the foodservice sector – but businesses have so far been reluctant to wade into the referendum debate. Very soon we will know whether the UK public has voted to…
Brexit could break the environment
Leaving the EU would create “identifiable and substantial risks to the UK’s future environmental ambitions”, according to an analysis published by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP). The research, commissioned by WWF-UK, RSPB and The Wildlife Trusts, suggests that…
Education can cut energy drink consumption
Kids are crazy about caffeine. Nearly half (45%) of teenagers drink caffeinated drinks one to six times per week. More than one in 10 (11%) have one of the beverages every day. The research, by Brescia University College in Canada,…
Europe to come down hard on unhealthy food
It might be a case of too little, too late. A voluntary reformulation plan to push healthier food and reduce intake of ingredients like salt and sugar was endorsed by member states and the food industry this week. The “roadmap…
Food fraud three years on
PROFESSOR CHRIS Elliott, a long-time food safety specialist who headed up the horsemeat investigation, has spoken to the Guardian this week about the progress made since the horsemeat scandal, and the dangers that remain. …
Palm oil progress uncertain
UK IMPORTS OF sustainable palm oil may be as high as 93%, or as low as 72%, according to 2014 data released by DEFRA. The former figure is calculated from EU data, whilst the latter is from Oil World statistics.…