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Farm to Fork: Alcohol promotion has no place in a healthy food system – Act now!

by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 14, 2021 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

Members of European Parliament will soon cast their final vote on the Own Initiative Report on the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. Paragraph 86, which aims to include wine consumption as part of the sustainable food systems strategy, was tabled without any consultation with...

Policy briefing I Discovering the role of food environments for sustainable food systems

by European Public Health Alliance | Oct 13, 2021 | Farm to Fork, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments, Healthy Environments | Publications

‘Food environments’ are increasingly central to the food systems debate. The concept has been adopted by a range of leading organisations and incorporated in a number of initiatives, including the EU Farm to Fork Strategy. But what are food environments?...

The urgent need to address alcohol related harms

by European Public Health Alliance | Sep 2, 2021 | Healthy Environments | Latest Developments, Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs)

EPHA response to the WHO Draft Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030Alcohol is not an ordinary commodity; it is a psychoactive substance with dependence-producing properties. The European Region is not spared by alcohol-related harms with alcohol consumption being one...

Tackle excessive use of antibiotics and introduce mandatory animal welfare labelling for more sustainable animal farming, EPHA says

by European Public Health Alliance | Aug 24, 2021 | Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

Considering the current sustainability and health challenges posed by food systems, and in the context of the implementation of the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies, but also of the newly updated Veterinary Medicines and Medicated Feed Regulations, EPHA...

Must try harder – how the revision of the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme can improve children’s diets

by European Public Health Alliance | Jul 27, 2021 | Children and Youth, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

As EU policies in the areas of food systems and public health continue to evolve, especially following the adoption of the Farm to Fork Strategy, Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan and the European Child Guarantee, the EU school fruit, vegetables and milk scheme...

End the Cage Age: a call to phase out the use of cages in farming

by European Public Health Alliance | Apr 30, 2021 | CAP & Health, Healthy Environments | Latest Developments

EPHA joins calls for the European Commission to implement its promise to phase out caged animal farming. The End the Cage Age European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) launched on 11 September 2018 is the 6th ECI to succeed in the last eight years and the first one for...