Agrifood: archives April, 2026

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Chemicals: MEPs adopt positions on the Omnibus package and on the strengthening of ECHA

The European Parliament adopts its position on the “Chemicals Omnibus” on 29/04/2026, during a Plenary session in Strasbourg, with 540 votes in favor, 60 against and 45 abstentions. This package was proposed by the Commission "to simplify provisions relating to the classification, packaging…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Chemicals / plastics, …
• Article # 439650
• Published on 29/04/26 at 18:00

Nitrogen fertilisers: a draft bill to ensure France's self-sufficiency in carbon-free production

A draft bill aimed at ensuring France’s strategic self-sufficiency in the carbon-free production of nitrogen fertilisers was tabled by the Deputy Vincent Trébuchet (UDR, Ardèche) in the French National Assembly, on 28/04/2026. "The only coherent response is to rapidly create carbon-free…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Policies & Regulation, Farming / food production
• Article # 439594
• Published on 29/04/26 at 11:35

Agenda: events not to be missed between 27/04 and 01/05/2026

This week's highlight will be the IMO MEPC 84 meeting taking place in London from Monday to Friday. The shipping sector is following the conference very closely, as a "way forward" on a global framework to decarbonise shipping could come out of this meeting, after the postponement of the…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 439160
• Published on 27/04/26 at 09:54

NGT regulation adopted by the Foreign Affairs Council: "a way to avoid discussing the content" (FoEE)

On 21/04/2026, Foreign Affairs Ministers gathered in Brussels and endorsed the New Genomic Techniques (NGT) Regulation, as well as the Forest Reproductive Material (FRM) Regulation, without discussion, before moving on to the war in Ukraine and in Iran, the situation in the Middle East, in the…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Essentials, Associations & NGOs, European bodies, …
• Article # 438633
• Published on 22/04/26 at 11:30

PAN Europe questions the Commission's practice of allowing residues of banned pesticides in imported food

"Residues of at least 88 hazardous substances, including carcinogens, hormone disruptors, and “forever chemicals”, that are prohibited for use on European farms are allowed in everyday food products sold on the European market", according to a new policy brief of PAN Europe, released on…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Policies & Regulation, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 438618
• Published on 21/04/26 at 17:00

Agenda: events not to be missed between 20/04 and 24/04/2026

On 22/04, this week's highlight will be the 56^th Earth Day, entitled this year "Our Power, Our Planet", with + 10.000 events around the world. This event, launched in 1970, reminds this year "that environmental progress is real, resilient, and ongoing despite policy uncertainty". In the climate…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Essentials
• Article # 438305
• Published on 20/04/26 at 09:00

ENVI Committee: "Pesticide risk assessment are under significant pressure" (N. Kriz, EFSA)

"The European Parliament is currently working on two legislative files that are highly relevant for EFSA, the Food and Feed Omnibus and the Biotech Act", declares Nikolaus Kriz, Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority in an ENVI Committee meeting at European Parliament in Brussels…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 437941
• Published on 15/04/26 at 18:30

France 2030: six new investments in the "Entrepreneurs du Vivant" programme, €116m already committed

The six new investments in the "Entrepreneurs du Vivant" programme were announced by the French Ministries of Ecological Transition, Agriculture and Industry and the General Secretariat for Investment (SGPI), which is responsible for France 2030, on 14/04/2026. They involve Foncière Terre de…

Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): National bodies, Financing & funding, Farming / food production
• Article # 437886
• Published on 15/04/26 at 12:27

Decarbonisation: "France must mobilise all levers simultaneously" (The Shift Project)

"France must simultaneously mobilise all levers for decarbonisation": this is one of the conclusions of the study entitled « Réussir la transition dans l’incertitude », published by the French association The Shift Project on 14/04/2026. The document is the first technical component of the…

Domain(s): Energies, Mobilities, Agrifood
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, Decarbonisation , Farming / food production, …
• Article # 437826
• Published on 15/04/26 at 09:29

Pesticides: Marseille court convicts farmers of trafficking in banned products

"Générations Futures welcomes the significant sentences handed down by the Marseille Criminal Court, which sends out a strong signal against impunity in the fraudulent use of pesticides", declared the association on 07/04/2026, which was a civil party in a case involving the illegal import and use…

Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Associations & NGOs, National bodies, Justice, …
• Article # 437629
• Published on 13/04/26 at 17:30