Insights and Stories on European Union

Mar. 8, 2016 at 4:49 pm CST

By Laura Rance OrganicBiz staff Canadian organic exporters may soon benefit from the European Union’s decision to expand the scope of its equivalency agreement with Canada to include organic food products that contain organic ingredients. The revised agreement announced March 7 means Canadian certified organic processed products that include imported […]

By OrganicBiz

Mar. 7, 2016 at 6:01 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union will defer a decision on whether to extend approval for glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, following a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer, EU sources said Monday. Experts from all 28 member states attended a closed-door […]

By barbara-lewis

Feb. 17, 2016 at 5:17 pm CST

Copenhagen | Reuters –– Arla Foods, one of Europe’s biggest dairy companies, said on Wednesday the global milk market was in crisis due to oversupply, but it expected demand, particularly from China, to pick up at the end of the year. Headquartered in Denmark, Arla is Britain’s largest and the […]

By Ole Mikkelsen

Jan. 13, 2016 at 4:12 pm CST

Brussels | Reuters –– The head of Europe’s food safety watchdog has written to a group of nearly 100 senior scientists strongly rejecting their criticisms in a row about the safety of glyphosate. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which advises European Union policymakers, issued an opinion in November that […]

By barbara-lewis

Oct. 20, 2015 at 5:58 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union is to resume exports of beef to Canada from 19 of its member countries for the first time since 1996, when they were halted in the wake of the BSE scandal. The European Commission said Tuesday that Canada’s action was part of a […]

By Reuters