by Nikolai Pushkarev | Nov 16, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Analysis & Opinion
Governments should renew their narrative and priorities, and start promoting “human, ecological and animal health” as a core focus of sustainable food systems. This is the central theme of a recently published guide to government action by the Global Alliance for the...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 16, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments
Ahead of the meeting of the AGRIFISH Council on 19-20 October, EPHA has joined four European health organisations and two Members of European Parliament in writing to EU agriculture ministers to ask them to put health above commercial interests when discussing a...
by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 1, 2020 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments
Open letter to the President of the European Commission, the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament calling for full alignment of the reformed Common Agricultural Policy with the European Green...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 17, 2020 | CAP & Health, Climate Emergency & EU Green Deal, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture
198 European and national health and environment NGOs, Members of the European Parliament, academics, business leaders and trade associations, led by the former European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potočnik (now Chair of the RISE Foundation and the Forum...
by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 14, 2020 | Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs), Sustainable Development Goals
In its response to the public consultation on EU promotion policy for agricultural products, EPHA calls for a full revision of the policy.The current objective of promotion policy is to “enhance the competitiveness of the Union agricultural sector”, a narrow aim which...
by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 4, 2020 | Chemicals and Pesticides, Farm to Fork, Food, Drink and Agriculture | Latest Developments
In its response to the public consultation on the revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive, EPHA encourages measure to reduce the use of pesticides. The extensive use of pesticides in agriculture over the last decades has led to widespread exposure to...
