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![]() | Presenting a United Front: International Taskforce Convenes to Battle Increasing Resistance to Life-saving Drugs A two-day meeting of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Antimicrobial Resistance (TATFAR) kicks off today, aiming to strengthen collaboration in the fight against growing resistance to life-saving antimicrobial drugs. 22 October 2015 |
![]() | Commission welcomes US move to recognise EU system to control animal diseases The Commission welcomes the recent move by the US to recognise the EU regionalisation system put in place to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), a disease affecting pigs and wild boar. This recognition will help to avoid trade disruptions in the event of an outbreak of the disease. Trade in pork products between the EU and the US was valued at approximately €335 million, in 2014 alone. 20 October 2015 |
![]() | European beef producers resume exports to Canada - Statement by EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Andriukaitis, Trade Commissioner Malmström and Agriculture Commissioner Hogan The Commission on 20 October 2015 welcomed the decision by the Canadian government to re-open its market for imports of European beef from 19 EU Member States. This will provide a welcome boost to Europe's beef producers and exporters, particularly as it comes at a time when farmers across the EU are going through a particularly difficult period. 20 October 2015 |
![]() | Commissioner Andriukaitis puts the spotlight on food waste at conference in EXPO Milan The European Commission published on 13 October 2015 the results of the first Flash Eurobarometer survey on food waste and date marking. Key findings confirm that date marking ("use by" and "best before") is poorly understood by Europeans. Commissioner for Health and Food Safety, Vytenis Andriukaitis will speak at a high level, international conference titled "Fight Food Waste, Feed the Planet!" taking place at the EXPO Milan 2015. 13 October 2015 |
![]() | Tobacco: specifications for health warnings on cigarette packets adopted today An implementing act adopted today gives technical specifications for the layout, design and shape of the combined health warnings taking into account different packet shapes. 09 October 2015 |
![]() | Commission publishes Roadmap to review the Nutrition and Health Claims legislation The Commission has published a Roadmap on the evaluation of the EU Nutrition and Health Claims legislation. This Roadmap is a first step in the evaluation process and outlines the purpose, content and scope of the evaluation. Stakeholders will have four weeks to submit their comments on a dedicated webpage. 08 October 2015 |























