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Open letter from MEPs calls inaction discriminatory and a health risk; the duty for food companies to behave responsibly toward animals and toward consumers does not end at the borders of the continent
BRUSSELS, May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ In a strongly-worded letter released today, Members of European Parliament are calling on food companies to end the caged confinement of animals in their global supply chains. The letter, which was circulated by international NGO Lever Foundation and Polish NGO Green REV Institute, was signed by MEPs from Germany, France, Poland, Netherlands, Sweden, France, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Austria. We urge all globally-operating European food companies that have not yet done so to set a public timeline for ending the sale of caged eggs in their international supply chains, reads the letter. The duty for food companies to behave responsibly toward animals and toward consumers does not end at the borders of the continent. For European food
‘Clean meat as a service’: Plug-and-play tech turns meat producers into cell-based pork producers German start-up Innocent Meat is developing plug-and-play technology that allows conventional meat processors to produce cultivated pork. We catch up with co-founder and CEO Laura Gertenbach to find out how.
As it stands, conventional meat processors are ‘squeezed’ on price. On one side, the major slaughterhouses want higher prices for their cuts, and on the other, supermarkets ‘don’t want to grant better prices’.
“This is a really big problem,” according to German entrepreneur Laura Gertenbach. And she speaks from experience: Gertenbach comes from a family of farmers and has founded her own organic meat business.
All batches of hemp oil product being recalled due to unsafe THC levels
THC is the active substance in cannabis which results in a high. By Hayley Halpin Thursday 13 May 2021, 5:44 PM 2 hours ago 11,182 Views 19 Comments
ALL BATCHES OF a hemp oil are being recalled due to unsafe levels of THC and an unauthorised extract containing CBD. Source: FSAI
THC is the active substance in cannabis which results in a high.
CBD is short for cannabidiol, a chemical compound found in cannabis. It is not psychoactive – people don’t get high from it – and CBD products can be legally sold in Ireland, but there are restrictions.
ALERT: Hemp oil pulled from shelves due to unsafe levels of psychoactive element
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All batches of a popular hemp oil product are being recalled due to unsafe levels of the psychoactive element, THC.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a recall notice for all batches and bottle sizes of Intension Premium Quality Hemp oil unsafe levels of THC and an unauthorised novel food hemp extract containing cannabidiol (CBD).
The implicated product contains unsafe levels of delta‐9‐tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, based on the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) acute reference dose. Intension Premium Quality Hemp oil is being recalled due to unsafe levels of the contaminant tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and an unauthorised novel food hemp extract containing cannabidiol (CBD), reads a notice published by the FSAI.
Proponents of glyphosate renewal count on farmers putting in place agronomic practices following Conservative Agriculture (CA) principles in their bid to get the EU green light for the controversial weed killer.
The current approval of glyphosate – the active substance behind the most commonly used and highly debated herbicide – is set to expire in December 2022.
The renewal procedure started in December 2019, when a group of companies launched a formal application, and will involve an assessment process conducted by four member states – France Hungary, the Netherlands and Sweden – appointed as rapporteurs.
Concerns over glyphosate’s impacts on health and the environment persist and the debate over its renewal is expected to remain heated.