European Commission Archive
26 Mar 2010
Food profiling to be scrapped by EC
The MEP’s are considering a move to stop profiling nutrients in food and drink, this has alarmed the consumer campaign group Which? who claim such a move would allow many unhealthy food manufacturers to claim that their items were in fact healthy. To further stress their concern, the consumer group sent a jam doughnut out
06 Mar 2010
European Commission gives go-ahead for GM potato
The European Commission had approved consumption of a few genetically modified (GM) crops that include a potato called Amflora and a various types of maize. The crop approvals were made on Tuesday and were significant as they marked the end of a deadlock in which lawmakers in Brussels in refused to approve GM foods for