"Health and Food Safety e-News" Newsletter Issues

EU Platform on Food Losses & Food Waste: setting priorities for a new mandate (2022-2026) (16/02/2022)

This is the first meeting of the Platform following its re-establishment with a new membership.

Healthier Together Initiative: call for best practices on non-communicable diseases (14/02/2022)

Commission publishes a second Statement on Emerging Health and Environmental Issues (20/01/2022)

2022 EU4Health work programme adopted to invest over €835 million in health (14/01/2022)

620 newly approved members to join the existing European Reference Networks (ERNs) from 1 January 2022 (14/12/2021)

On 1 January 2022, 620 new members will join the European Reference Networks, as unanimously approved by the ERN Board of Member States. As a result of the current call there will be nearly 1,500 ERN units in 27 Member States and Norway. This milestone enlargement extends the geographical scope of the ERNs, and the possibility of patients with rare and low prevalence as well as complex diseases and conditions to access highly specialised healthcare.

New Report on smoke-free environments and advertising of tobacco and related products published (10/12/2021)

2021 ‘Country Health Profiles’ and ‘Companion Report’: Virtual launch event on 13 December at 10.30-11.30 (08/12/2021)

Pharmaceutical Strategy: Commission publishes a study on shortages of medicines (07/12/2021)

Independent Expert Panel on effective ways of investing in health publishes opinion on European solidarity in public health emergencies (08/12/2021)

Food fraud: Commission publishes results of first EU-wide survey about herbs and spices authenticity (23/11/2021)

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