European Parliament: MEP’s Questions & Answers July– August 2019

• Published in: European food and feed law review Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 490 - 495
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Lexxion Verlag 22.10.2019; Lexxion Verlagsgesellschaft mbH
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agriculture; Babies; Baby foods; Bioplastics; Common Agricultural Policy; Cooperation; Councils; Dietary guidelines; EU directives; Feeding; Food; Food chains; Food prices; Food supply; Glyphosate; Guidelines; Imports; Infants; Labeling; Legislation; Negotiations; Nutrition; Pesticides; Plastics; Polymers; Ports; Prices; Regulation; Rural development; Sugar; Supermarkets; Supply chains; Wheat; Europe
• ISSN: 1862-2720; 2190-8214

22 July 2019 - Contaminated wheat imports: checks at EU ports 19 July 2019 - Guidelines for implementing the Single-Use Plastics Directive 16 July 2019 - WHO/Europe studies find baby foods are high in sugar and inappropriately marketed for babies — urgent transparency measures for EU consumers required 12 July 2019 - Commencement of EU-US trade negotiations 12 July 2019 - Bioplastics and recycling 9 July 2019 - Food imports went up by 7.9% last year 9 July 2019 - Food prices are constantly on the rise 22 July 2019 - Ignazio Corrao – [E-002238-19] - Subject: Contaminated wheat imports: checks at EU ports Sicilian wheat producers are currently facing serious difficulties, largely as a result of the indiscriminate entry through ports all over Europe, such as Rotterdam, Marseilles and Hamburg, of low-quality wheat from third countries that often contains prohibited substances as well as glyphosate. In the context of this work, as regards compositional requirements, the Commission recently published a study collecting evidence-based information on the baby food market, as well as on existing national and international dietary guidelines and recommendations in the context of infant and young child feeding. [...]as regards labelling requirements, the Commission mandated the European Food Safety Authority to provide an update of its 2009 Opinion on the appropriate age for introduction of complementary feeding of infants. [...]a directive ((EU) 2019/633)24 on unfair trading practices in the agricultural and food supply chain was adopted in April 2019.