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Thirty food companies, including Nestlé and Unilever, have supported the European Green Deal, which sets the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The common position sets out the possibilities for the transition to a circular and sustainable economy as the situation stabilizes in the post-coronary crisis. According to the opinion, companies could reduce their carbon footprint, for example by introducing new production techniques and using innovative working models.
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According to preliminary results from a study by Singaporean and Irish scientists, the COVID-19 virus can survive in frozen and chilled chicken and pork, as well as salmon, for up to three weeks. According to the study, coronavirus can survive the time and temperature corresponding to the conditions of transport and storage of meat in the international food trade. Studies of meat samples showed a constant level of virus even after 21 days. Several reports of contaminated food have been reported in recent weeks, with China reporting a finding of coronavirus in imported chicken meat and frozen shrimp packaging.
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The recent outbreak of African swine fever in the German Federal Republic of Brandenburg has led China to ban the import of pork from Germany. Thus, world pork prices are expected to increase, which will benefit other pork exporters such as the ES and the US, which are not affected by the disease. Germany continues to negotiate with the Chinese government to lift the import ban. Currently, 13 cases of African swine fever in wild boars have been confirmed in Germany, all cases have been detected near the border with Poland.
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Romanian MEP Daniel Buda has been appointed spokesman for the European People's Party (EPP) on the Committee of Inquiry into animal welfare during the transport of live animals. The deputy coordinator of the group will be the Slovak MEP Michal Wiezik (EPP).

The European Parliament adopted on 16 September/2020 in plenary a resolution on the proposal for a Commission regulation as regards MRLs for cycloxydim, flonicamid, haloxyfop, mandestrobin, mepiquat, Metschnikowia fructicola strain NRRL Y-27328 and prohexadione in certain products and on their surface. Commission proposal Parliament did not accept, according to the draft regulation, maximum residue levels for flonicamid would increase from 0.03 mg / kg to 0.5 mg / kg for strawberries, from 0.03 to 1 mg / kg for blackberries and raspberries, from 0.03 to 0.7 mg / kg for other small fruits and berries, from 0.03 to 0.3 mg / kg for other root and tuberous vegetables in general, but from 0.03 to 0.6 mg / kg for radishes, from 0.03 to 0.7 mg / kg for lettuce and other lettuce plants and 0.03 to 0.8 mg / kg for legumes; the maximum residue limit for haloxyfop-P in flaxseed would be increased from 0,01 to 0,05 mg / kg; and the maximum residue limit for mandestrobin would be increased from 0,01 to 5 mg / kg for grapes and from 0,01 to 3 mg / kg for strawberries. Parliament proposes that the maximum residue limit for flonicamid remains at 0.03 mg / kg; the maximum residue limit for haloxyfop-P remains at 0.01 mg / kg; and the maximum residue limit for mandestrobin remains at 0.01 mg / kg. Parliament called on the Commission to withdraw and recast the proposal.
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