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The Agriculture Committee adopted on Wednesday (16 May), by 32 votes in favour to five against, with six abstentions, a set of proposals on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy for after 2020. The post-2020 EU farm policy must be smarter, simpler, fairer and more sustainable, but also well financed and truly common to continue deliver food security in the EU. The Agriculture Committee’s ideas should now be scrutinised by the Parliament as a whole during its 28 - 31 May plenary session in Strasbourg. Read more

WHO on Monday (14 May) released "REPLACE" - a step-by-step guide for the elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the global food supply. WHO calls on governments to use this action package to eliminate industrially-produced trans-fatty acids from the food supply. Read more

Bulgarian foreign minister Ekaterina Zaharieva admitted yesterday during the General Affairs Council that there was no certainty that the new long-term EU budget for 2020-2027 could be adopted before next year’s European elections. This was the first time that national ministers have discussed the Commission proposal tabled on 2 May. Read the original post

Russia is to introduce a new nationwide ‘traffic light’, food labelling system. Read the original post

The new plant breeding techniques are a major opportunity to move toward sustainable agriculture and simultaneously ensure food quality for EU consumers, MEP Paolo De Castro (S&D) said. According to him, the EU should embrace innovation more and more in order to boost food production and cut the environmental impact of farming. Read the original post