Press releases
December 17, 2009
As Christmas approaches, PAN Europe has asked if the fresh food on Europe's dining tables is safe. Its survey, in four EU countries this autumn, shows that most produce sampled had multiple traces of ...
November 25, 2009
"The European Commission has endangered public health for many years by failing to protect food supplies from excessive pesticide contamination." This is the conclusion drawn by Hans Muilerman from th...
October 21, 2009
Environmental campaigners have expressed qualified support for today's official signing by the European Parliament of an historic set of laws on pesticides. But they also deplore what they regard as u...
January 13, 2009
In one of the final legislative acts of the 2004-2009 Parliamentary session, soon to adjourn prior to elections in June, the European Parliament today confirmed its support for a new deal on EU pestic...
November 24, 2008
Largest ever supermarket survey reveals dangerous levels of pesticides in grapes; LIDL is Europe's greenest supermarketAnalysis of table grapes purchased from 18 major food retailers across Europe rev...
November 5, 2008
Following months of political negotiations, the Parliamentary Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) today voted on proposals for a Regulation and Framework Directive on th...
October 15, 2008
Fruits, vegetables and cereals sold throughout the European Union contain record levels of pesticides - according to an official report to be published later this month. Almost half of fruits, vegetab...
August 28, 2008
From 1 September 2008, the maximum legal limits on the level of pesticides allowed in food items sold in the EU will dramatically increase. Dietary exposure to pesticides is set to rise while many res...
July 2, 2008
The UK government is today participating in a media initiative aimed at attacking proposed European legislation that would remove the most hazardous pesticides from food produce grown in the EU.Speaki...
June 23, 2008
Agriculture Ministers from across Europe today approved the creation of an EU-wide pesticides blacklist. The deal represents a landmark in European health policy and could see some of Europe's most ha...