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No strings attached: who wins and who loses when new GMOs get a free pass?

The strength of EU food safety law lies in its stringent regulations on safety checks. Under EU law, potentially risky substances—including food contact materials, pesticides, feed additives and GMOs—must undergo thorough safety evaluations before entering the market. The EU has long acted in the belief that these comprehensive safety checks are the best approach for …

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Unlabelled harms: who wins and who loses when new GMOs stay secret?

According to EU Regulations, food and feed containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) must be clearly labelled as such. This safeguards the rights of consumers to make informed choices about their food, independent from the actual risks. The labelling of GMOs has had a vast impact on their demand. When confronted with food bearing the GMO …

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Corporate spotlight on the meat and feed industry

Major agribusiness are pushing smallholder farmers out of business by taking over the whole production process and monopolising the market. This rise of corporate capture in the livestock farming sector has come hand-in-hand with accelerated environmental destruction, climate chaos and the exploitation of human rights. The biggest corporations in the agribusiness sector, including Big Meat …

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The true cost of factory farming

A look at Europe’s intensive agriculture sector Small-scale farms, particularly those specialised in animal farming, have faced an existential crisis in the last decades, with many forced out of business. Capturing the meat processing and production industry, corporate monoliths like Vion Food Group, Danish Crown, Groupe Bigard and Groupe LDC have tightened their grip, leaving …

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Open letter on the Vision for Agriculture and Food

Dear Commissioner for Agriculture and Food Christophe Hansen, Congratulations on your appointment as Commissioner for Agriculture and Food. While navigating the complexities of the food and farming sectors will be a challenging task, your mandate has the potential to bring significant positive change to our societies and the environment. We look forward to working constructively …

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Joint civil society letter to the EU Commission president on LIFE funding

Dear President Ursula von der Leyen,   In light of questions raised in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control (CONT) Committee on EU funding of civil society, the undersigned organisations hereby wish to stress that civil society engagement is not only essential for Europe’s future, strong public participation and the resilience of European democracy, but is also …

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