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Focus on: TTIP, food & farming

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’We can’t protect every sausage,’ says German agriculture minister over TTIP deal
5-Jan-2015 Deutsche Welle
Germany’s Minister of Agriculture, Christian Schmidt, says some German specialties may be stripped of their regional protection due to a free-trade deal with the US.
TTIP: A recipe for disaster
15-Dec-2014 CEO
This brochure explains how TTIP will promote the industrial model of food and farming, further threatening the survival of small family farms, local food initiatives, standards for healthy and safe food, animal welfare, the environment, and public health.
TTIP talks: What’s cooking?
3-Dec-2014 Greens/EFA
A Greens-EFA Group in the European Parliament conference on 10 December 2014
TTIP talks: What’s cooking?: Perspectives on food & farming
17-Nov-2014 Greens/EFA
The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament is pleased to invite you to a conference on 10 December 2014 on the impacts of a potential EU-US trade agreement (TTIP) on food and farming.
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.
UK: Poultry sector raise safety concerns over TTIP
25-Oct-2014 Meat Info
Members of the UK poultry industry are concerned that trade negotiations under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the EU and US could undermine food safety.
Trojan horse trade deal could increase GM food and crops in Europe
29-Sep-2014 FOEE
Fears are growing that the proposed EU-US trade deal (known as TTIP) will lead to food contaminated with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) being allowed into Europe for human consumption, despite public reassurances that food safety standards would be maintained
La Confédération paysanne occupied Cargill headquarters in France
25-Sep-2014 Confédération Paysanne
To denounce the imminent signature of CETA and demand to stop negotiations on TTIP, the Confédération paysanne (2nd largest farmer union in France) occupied yesterday headquarters of Cargill FR, the first food processing multinational in the world.
Assessing regulatory impact of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) – analysis
23-Sep-2014 Eurasia Review
This study considers the likely regulatory impact of the proposed EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) in three key policy areas: investor protection, public services and food safety.
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.