Chocolate products made by a company in its Belgium establishment have been identified as the source of a multi-country outbreak...

An outbreak caused by monophasic Salmonella Typhimurium is rapidly evolving in seven EU/EEA countries and the United Kingdom (UK). As...

A Comissão apresentou hoje propostas para atualizar e modernizar a Diretiva Emissões Industriais, que constitui uma legislação fundamental em matéria de prevenção e controlo...

Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has significantly disturbed global agricultural markets. This has created more uncertainty regarding the future availability...

On 31 March 2022, the Commission sent observation letters relating to the first 19 proposed CAP strategic plans, which were...

Today, the European Commission adopted its proposal to review the geographical indications (GIs) system for wine, spirit drinks and agricultural...

In the EU, not all land is owned by the farmer working it. Many farmers rent their land, as either...

A Comissão Europeia adotou hoje a sua proposta de revisão do sistema de indicações geográficas (IG) para o vinho, as bebidas espirituosas...

The Commission is presenting today a package of European Green Deal proposals to make sustainable products the norm in the...

EFSA’s latest annual report on pesticide residues in food covers more than 88,000 food samples collected in the European Union...

Today, the European Commission published a synthesis study assessing the success of the POSEI and SAI schemes in reaching their...

Antibiotic resistance in Salmonella and Campylobacter bacteria is still high, says a report released today by the European Centre for...

O crescimento do setor da agricultura, aquicultura e alimentação biológicas contribui grandemente para reduzir a utilização de fertilizantes químicos, pesticidas...

A Comissão decidiu hoje ativar novas medidas de crise para apoiar os setores das pescas e da aquicultura no contexto...

In 2021, the value of trade (imports plus exports) of agricultural goods between the EU and the rest of the...

Today, Eurostat releases a new interactive visualisation tool showing statistics relevant for the European Green Deal, which is one of...

The European Commission adopted rural development programmes (IPARD) under the instrument for pre-accession assistance for Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia and...

The total value of EU agri-food trade reached a record €328.1 billion in 2021, a 7% increase year on year....

In light of the dire food security situation and high food prices, after two years of COVID-19 pandemic and the...

A Comissão Europeia apresentou hoje uma série de ações a curto e médio prazo para reforçar a segurança alimentar a...

O que está a Comissão a fazer para garantir a segurança alimentar na Ucrânia? A Comissão propôs um programa de...

Today, the European Commission published a study assessing the impact of LEADER on territorial development. It concluded that LEADER effectively developed solutions...

The European Commission published on 14 March 2022 the results of the pilot study entitled “Restructuring of the honey bee...

The EU is the world's second biggest producer of pork and the biggest exporter of pork and pork products. As...

EFSA is expanding its linguistic diversity by offering five additional official languages of the European Union (EU) – Greek, Dutch,...

High-pressure processing (HPP) of food is effective at destroying harmful microorganisms and poses no more food safety concerns than other...

EFSA has reassessed the feed additive ethoxyquin and could not conclude on its safety for certain groups of animals, consumers...

EFSA’s scientists have completed their comprehensive safety assessment of sugars in the diet and their potential links to health problems....

Residues of veterinary medicines and other substances found in animals and animal-derived food continue to fall in the European Union,...

The area used for organic agricultural production in the EU continues to increase. It covered 14.7 million hectares in 2020,...

Today, as a true pan-European collaborative venture, the European Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Committee...

EFSA has launched an open consultation on the draft guidance methodology it will use for a series of scientific opinions...

1. What has been endorsed by the Member States and what are the next steps? Member States endorsed four legal...

The total value of EU agri-food trade (exports plus imports) for January-October 2021 reached a value of €268.1 billion, a...

In the framework of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement, both parties will protect as from today an additional 28 geographical indications (GIs)...

Marketing year 2017/18, which followed the end of the quotas, combined higher-than-average yields with expansive strategies by some EU sugar...

The new CAP regulations, constituting the basic acts, were published in the Official Journal yesterday 6 December. A political agreement...

During the 2005-2018 period, EU agri-food imports became mainly composed of raw and intermediate products, with the share of finished...

Today, the European Commission launched the 2022 calls for proposals for European agri-food promotion programmes, in the EU and abroad....

The total value of EU agri-food trade (exports plus imports) for January-September 2021 stood at €239.5 billion, a 6.1% increase...