Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Dec 2, 2025
The cost of cheap sweetness: Chocolate still depends on child labor https://www.politico.eu/article/chocolate-child-labor-slavery-west-africa/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Certificationandstandards #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Humantrafficking #Sustainability #duediligence #Supplychains #Transparency #Agriculture #Humanrights #Laborrights #Regulation #Companies #Forestry #Industry #farmers #Omnibus #Opinion #Africa #Rights #Labor #Trade
The cost of cheap sweetness: Chocolate still depends on child labor

Until the industry pays a fair price and governments enforce real accountability, every bar of chocolate remains an unpaid moral debt.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Nov 17, 2025
The EU’s veggie ‘burger’ ban is also coming for Spain’s fish steaks https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-veggie-burger-ban-is-also-coming-for-spains-fish-steaks/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Foodlabelingandpackaging #AgricultureandFood #Seafood #Meat
The EU’s veggie ‘burger’ ban is also coming for Spain’s fish steaks

Restricting words like “steak” to meat products could upend labeling for fish in Spanish and other European languages.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Oct 15, 2024
‘Really dangerous’: Farmers hate results of von der Leyen’s reform dialogue https://www.politico.eu/article/ursula-von-der-leyen-farm-agenda-agri-lobby-copa-cogeca-backlash/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Sustainableagriculture #Agricultureemissions #agricultureandfood #AgricultureandFood #Sustainability #Animalwelfare #Farmerprotest #Foodsecurity #Smallfarmers #Agriculture #FarmtoFork #Pesticides #farmers
Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Sep 4, 2024
The plan to save European farming https://www.politico.eu/article/plan-save-europe-farming/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Transition/implementationperiod #CommonAgriculturalPolicy(CAP) #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Businessandcompetition #agricultureandfood #AgricultureandFood #Naturerestoration #Societyandculture #Regions/Cohesion #EnergyandClimate #Sustainability #Sustainability #Animalwelfare #Agriculture #Regulation #Emissions #Livestock #Pollution #Labeling
The plan to save European farming

Five things you need to know about a report on the future of farming presented to Commission chief von der Leyen.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Jun 5, 2024
Big Mac vs. Supermac: McDonald’s loses EU trademark fight https://www.politico.eu/article/mcdonalds-loses-big-mac-trademark-court-fight/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Businessandcompetition #Intellectualproperty #AgricultureandFood #Courtdecisions #Restaurant #Companies #Courts
Big Mac vs. Supermac: McDonald’s loses EU trademark fight

EU top court ruling says the fast food giant can no longer trademark Big Mac for chicken.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)May 15, 2024
WHO urges countries to ban high-salt foods https://www.politico.eu/article/world-health-organization-high-salt-food-ban/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Demographics #Globalhealth #Publichealth #Foodsafety #HealthCare #Nutrition
WHO urges countries to ban high-salt foods

Cardiovascular diseases kill 10,000 people in the WHO European Region every day, the agency said.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Dec 13, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal is up and running. It’s ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports https://www.politico.eu/article/british-food-exporters-warn-of-cataclysmic-effects-of-windsor-framework/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Foodlabelingandpackaging #AgricultureandFood #Sustainability #Packaging #Industry #Labeling #Exports #TradeUK #Brexit #Labels #Policy #Dairy #Trade #Trade #Meat
Rishi Sunak’s Brexit deal is up and running. It’s ‘cataclysmic’ for UK food exports

Industry fears UK’s interpretation of EU label rules will cost British firms hundreds of millions.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Dec 5, 2023
France’s love of frog legs spawns pre-Christmas criticism https://www.politico.eu/article/stop-eating-frogs-ngos-robin-de-bois-pro-wildlife-criticism-france-christmas/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Sustainability #Sustainability #Animalwelfare #Environment #Politics #NGOs
France’s love of frog legs spawns pre-Christmas criticism

Activists launch social media campaign to deter French consumers from eating a favorite delicacy.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Nov 22, 2023
Single-use fast-food packaging hangs in the balance https://www.politico.eu/article/single-use-fast-food-packaging-hang-balance/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Foodlabelingandpackaging #AgricultureandFood #Riskandcompliance #Circulareconomy #Sustainability #Lossanddamage #Regulation #Packaging #Aluminum #Lobbying #Plastics #Energy #Waste #Water
Single-use fast-food packaging hangs in the balance

France has already banned it — now industry is lobbying hard to ensure the EU doesn’t do the same.

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Politico.eu (Unofficial RSS)Oct 18, 2023
EU packaging plan must respect the role of recycling, reuse and refill https://www.politico.eu/sponsored-content/eu-packaging-plan-must-respect-the-role-of-recycling-reuse-and-refill/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Foodlabelingandpackaging #Remediesandcommitments #Riskandcompliance #Circulareconomy #Competitiveness #Sustainability #SingleMarket #Environment #Regulation #Restaurant #Beverages #Companies #Packaging #Recycling #Industry #Produce #Rights #Waste
EU packaging plan must respect the role of recycling, reuse and refill  

Without a packaging legislation that is supportive of reuse, refill and recycling as complementary solutions, industry faces major difficulties in meeting its circularity obligations, and the futur…

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