"EU food system move towards making food systems more sustainable. The EU Farm to Fork strategy aims to: a. reduce dependency on pesticides and antimicrobials, b.reduce excess fertilization, c.increase organic farming d.improve animal welfare (AMR) e.reverse biodiversity loss . The Farm to Fork plan…
The European Green Deal is a set of policy initiatives by the European Commission with the overarching aim of making Europe climate neutral in 2050. The plan is designed for boosting the economy, improving people's health and quality of life,…
The bold memorandum calls for the agency to reduce its requests for, and funding of, mammal studies by 30 percent by 2025, and eliminate all mammal study requests and funding by 2035. The memo references new approach methods (NAMs), which…
Adama was the world's largest pesticide producer. View Source
Building on several previous SAPs, EPA publishes a Federal Register Notice for alternative scientific approaches to screen chemicals for their ability to interact with the endocrine system. The approach incorporates validated high throughput assays and computational models as an alternative…
EPA released reviews of the Tier 1 screening assay results for the first 52 pesticide chemicals (active and inert ingredients) in the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program. For each chemical, EPA decided whether additional (Tier 2) testing is necessary. View Source
The Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE), until 2014 known as the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers (DG SANCO), is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The DG is responsible for the implementation of European Union laws on the safety of food and…
Government Task Force established to develop a national pollinator health strategy. Source: Presidential Memorandum - Creating a Federal Strategy to Promote the Health of Honey Bees and Other Pollinators
North American regulatory agencies publish formal guidance for assessing the risk of pesticides to bees. Source: Guidance document available at epa.gov
EPA's proposed methodology for pollinator risk assessments for pesticides was presented and reviewed by EPA's SAP. Source: EPA-HQ-OPP-2012-0543