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Focus on: TTIP, food & farming

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New rules to regulate Europe’s hormone-disrupting chemicals
17-Jun-2016 The Guardian
European commission launches world’s first system for classifying and banning endocrine disruptors against a barrage of criticism
Norwegian body seeks to ward off TTIP’s negative impact
11-May-2016 Global Meat News
Damage to Norway’s trade, due to the world’s largest free trade agreement, could be minimised if the country lowers its import tariff on agricultural products.
Peroxyacetic acid rinsing of poultry meat - BEUC position paper published
16-Jul-2014 BEUC
BEUC has just published its position paper on the use of peroxyacetic acid rinses of poultry meat. This chemical wash is currently banned in the EU. However, pressure from the United States might reverse the trend.
PKS demands that agro-food sector should be excluded from TTIP
21-Jan-2015 TASR
The Slovak Food Chamber (PKS) demands that the entire agro-food sector should be excluded from the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the European Union (EU) and the USA from the very beginning
Polish agriculture ministry says ’no’ to TTIP
11-May-2016 Radio Poland
The Ministry of Agriculture says it will not agree to provisions that threaten Polish farmers in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) being negotiated between the European Union and the US.
Regulations of toxic chemicals under TTIP
23-Mar-2016 Chemistry Views
The latest TTIP proposals would allow ‘regulatory cooperation’ to affect the implementation of EU chemical laws
Russell Brand rails against Monsanto & the TTIP
3-Nov-2014 Live Free Natural
On a recent episode of Russell Brand’s the Trews, the British comedian turned activist spoke with Helena Norberg-Hodge about TTIP and the food system.
Study: Risks and opportunities for the EU agri-food sector in a possible EU-US trade agreement
17-Sep-2014 European Parliament
TTIP "could lead to major changes in EU legislation, which may undermine the traditional EU precaution and risk management policy on which the current regulatory framework is based" says study prepared for the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development.
Suckler cows sector could be hit by EU-US trade agreement, study says
5-Sep-2014 Global Meat News
The conclusion of a Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP) currently being negotiated between the European Union and the US could have serious adverse consequences for the EU suckler cows sector, European experts claim.
Tafta, Pac, crise de l’élevage : « Les revendications de la Fnsea ne sont pas tenables »
28-Aug-2015 Terre-net
Laurent Pinatel, le porte-parole de la Confédération paysanne, défend ses revendications pour sortir les éleveurs de la crise, évidemment différentes de celles du syndicalisme majoritaire