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Nikolaus Kriz appointed Executive Director of EFSA

Nikolaus Kriz has been appointed Executive Director of EFSA (the European Food Safety Agency), succeeding Bernhard Url, who held the post for eleven years. Nikolaus Kriz will take up his post in September 2025 for a five-year term, the agency announced on 25/06/2025. Dr Nikolaus Kriz (an Austrian…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Public health & nutrition
• Article # 403452
• Published on 27/06/25 at 14:31

Biodiversity labelling : "A dimension of compromise and choice" (Vincent Colomb, Ademe, France )

'Biodiversity is a complex matter. Depending on the area concerned, some practices would favour certain species and harm others. Creating a rating system that reflects biodiversity as a whole is an extremely difficult exercise in itself. The aim is to produce something meaningful that provides…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 402897
• Published on 27/06/25 at 11:30

Climate change: global food security threatened despite adaptation efforts (study)

Global food production could drop by 5.5 trillion kilocalories annually for every 1°C rise in temperature—even after accounting for farmers’ adaptation, according to a landmark study published in Nature on 19/06/2025. The research, led by economists and climate scientists from Stanford, the…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Academic, Production / Construction, Farming / food production
• Article # 402615
• Published on 23/06/25 at 16:40

"Cadmium impregnation levels are high in France compared to European countries" (Géraldine Carne, Anses)

"For just over a year now, we have been conducting a study on the reassessment of human exposure to cadmium, looking at all sources of exposure. Until now, the work has focused mainly on food sources. Here, we are conducting a reassessment of all sources and routes of human exposure to cadmium, in…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Public health & nutrition, Farming / food production
• Article # 402118
• Published on 20/06/25 at 16:53

"Alternative proteins are innovation drivers but require major R&D investment" (OPECST)

"The development of alternative proteins that can be used in food still requires major R&D investments", says OPECST (French parliamentary office for the evaluation of scientific and technological options) in its report "Proteins and food" of 05/06/2025, published on 16/06. The parliamentary…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Public health & nutrition, Farming / food production
• Article # 402339
• Published on 20/06/25 at 16:44

France : Agreement between Total Energies and Avril to develop a SAF dedicated intermediate crop sector

TotalEnergies and Avril, a leading French agro-industrial group, signed an agreement to jointly study the development of a French intermediate crop sector to produce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), they announced on 18/06/2025. "This agreement is part of an ambitious drive supported by the…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Air transportation, …
• Article # 402338
• Published on 19/06/25 at 17:47

Roquette group: elaboration of a tailored climate change adaptation plan with Axa Climate experts

The French Roquette group, specialized in plant-based ingredients, analysed the climate challenges facing its value chain in the medium and long term and has drawn up an adaptation plan in conjunction with Axa Climate, Axa's subsidiary dedicated to climate adaptation, it announced on…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Producers, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 402119
• Published on 19/06/25 at 10:00

France : "Make the national food strategy a driver for transition" (letter to the Government)

Introducing environmental labelling, devising public campaigns to raise awareness on sustainable food, laying common ground rules to encourage all distributors to commit to progress: these are the demands made by the five major French retail distributors (Auchan, Carrefour, Casino, Groupement…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Public health & nutrition, Farming / food production
• Article # 401835
• Published on 17/06/25 at 07:51

Glyphosate: EU to reassess dangerosity after new cancer risk study

The European Commission announces, on 13/06/2025, it will re-examine glyphosate’s safety following a new study suggesting increased cancer risk from chronic exposure. The study in question was published in the specialized scientific newspaper Environmental on 10/06/2025. The study, based on the…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Public health & nutrition, Farming / food production
• Article # 401625
• Published on 13/06/25 at 13:51

EuropaBio: call for a "Biotech Omnibus" to harmonize biotechnology legislation in the EU

A Biotech Omnibus to go beyond the EU Biotech Act, to harmonise the regulatory landscape and to accelerate financing: that's the proposal from the biotechnology sector association EuropaBio, issued the 10/06/2025. "A Biotech Omnibus would allow to create a coherent, innovation-friendly…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Bioeconomy, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 401210
• Published on 11/06/25 at 13:56