Glyphosate renewal: Commission responds to Citizens' Initiative and announces more transparency in scientific assessments (19/12/2017)
The European Commission addressed the concerns of EU citizens and announced measures to make the process to authorise, restrict or ban the use of pesticides more transparent in the future.
The future of food and farming – Common Agricultural Policy post 2020 (19/12/2017)
The Communication published by the Commission on the future of food and farming includes references to sustainable food production, better nutrition, less food waste, high animal welfare standards and decreased consumption of antimicrobials in humans & animals.
Global food safety should be based on One Health approach, ASEM partners conclude (19/12/2017)
At the second Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) seminar on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) measures and Food Safety, experts concluded that they will continue to work on food safety using the "One Health" approach that recognises that human and animal health are linked to each other and the environment.
Increasing vaccination: consulting the public on possible EU actions (20/12/2017)
Health Programme 2014-2020: Work Programme for 2018 to focus resources on European Reference Networks for rare diseases, health promotion and mitigating cross-border health threats (12/12/2017)
