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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

🚨 New legal opinion: the EU can ban residues of banned pesticides in imported food — and may be breaking the law by not doing so. Up to 88 hazardous substances still enter our food via imports. The Omnibus would cover only ~22%. No double standards. 👉 www.foodwatch.org/en/allowing-...

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Allowing residues of banned pesticides in imported food may breach EU law

For years the Commission denied it - but a new independent legal opinion shows: The Commission does have the power to end banned pesticides in imported food.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Natacha Cingotti says it exactly right. Ten laws at once, rushed through in a very short period, means reduced protection without proper scrutiny. Tell Members of the European Parliament: stand up for food safety. Sign the petition: www.foodwatch.org/en/stand-for...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

"Pesticides linked to cancer. Mad cow controls stripped back. Import checks bypassed. All at once, in secret, at speed. This is not reform — this is a corporate takeover of our food system." — Natacha Cingotti. And she's right. 🧵

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

🚨 Tomorrow, von der Leyen meets corporate lobbyists just hours before EU leaders. Civil society warns against an (E)U-turn on protections. We call for rules that protect democracy, people & planet - not polluters. 📄 Open letter: thegoodlobby.eu/wp-content/u...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Coca-Cola is a “Gold sponsor” of the Cyprus EU Council Presidency 2026. Coca-Cola is one of the world’s biggest sellers of sugary drinks, linked to obesity. That’s why foodwatch & @corporateeurope.org are calling for this sponsorship to be cancelled! www.foodwatch.org/en/campaigns...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

In the case of the large-scale recall of powdered infant formula, foodwatch filed a criminal complaint and a complaint on behalf of families whose babies fell ill. We criticize companies and authorities for warning the public too late. www.foodwatch.org/en/infant-fo...

Learning that the baby products were sold for months by Nestlé and Danone – and even for a year in the case of Lactalis – is outrageous.
Ingrid Kragl from foodwatch France

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The EU has now signed the EU-Mercosur trade agreement — 170,000+ consumers signed our petition to stop this deal — and were ignored. This deal threatens food safety, environmental protection, and democratic standards. It allows imports produced under less strict rules than those in the EU.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Nestlé recalls baby products contaminated with the toxin cereulide!🚨 The recall affects 60 countries worldwide and 800 products from more than 10 Nestlé factories. Here's what's strange about the case: 👇

It is unacceptable that information is released to us in dribs and drabs. Almost a month passed before these massive infant formula recalls by Nestlé, yet traceability, particularly for baby products, should be immediate.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

The @ec.europa.eu emphasises in its new cardiovascular "Safe Hearts" plan published yesterday that it takes prevention seriously - yet it fails to propose strong measures. foodwatch calls on the Commission to implement effective measures: 👇

The EU Commission is not willing to put measures in place that will protect public health, even for our children. - Suzy Sumner, foodwatch

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A ban on terms such as “sausage” or “burger” for plant-based products, as demanded by the European Parliament, is not compatible with EU food law. This is the conclusion of a legal opinion commissioned by foodwatch. We call on the EU to stop the plans! www.foodwatch.org/en/legal-exp...

"An EU-wide ban on ‘tofu sausages’ or ‘veggie burgers’ is not only absurd, but also illegal. The decision makers meeting in Brussels on Wednesday must stop this nonsense," demands foodwatch’s Suzy Sumner.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Our colleague Dr Rebekka Siegmann just spoke in the European Parliament about how Red Bull, Monster & Co market energy drinks to kids. Energy drinks aren’t for children – we need strict EU rules on sales + ads to under-18s. #foodwatch #EnergyDrinks

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

📦 Today, 75 boxes of EU-banned pesticides were returned to the European Commission in Brussels. From Brazil to India, Indonesia to South Africa, citizens sent a clear message: toxic exports must stop. #ReturnToSender #StopToxicTrade

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Mute Schimpf @muteschimpf.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Will @eppgroup.bsky.social listen to Europe’s 2nd biggest supermarket and defend the labelling for all generations of GMOs in the negotiations with the Council?

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The leaked draft of the European Commission’s upcoming "Omnibus" on food and feed safety exposes an alarming attempt to dismantle essential consumer protections. Read foodwatch’s preliminary analysis of the 94-page proposal here: www.foodwatch.org/en/foodwatch...

Natacha Cingotti from foodwatch International says: The EU’s plan of dismantling safeguards strikes at the very core of the European food safety system that the rest of the world envies. We need stronger laws and better implementation, not shortcuts for agrifood corporations.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

🌱 As #AGRIFISH meets today to debate the post-2027 EU farm subsidies policy, #foodwatch and 30+ organisations publish joint recommendations to #MakeCAPWork for farmers, people, nature & climate. foodpolicycoalition.eu/wp-content/u...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

📢 Today, the SANT committee reviews the 200-page report on Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan — revealing major gaps. Nutri-Score is key for cancer prevention, but pollution, additives, and food contaminants also pose risks. Yet the Plan remains silent. www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/e...

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 20/10/2025

📣 #NewGMOs: Consumer organisations call on EU to "defend the right of consumers to know what they eat and their freedom of choice." #NGTs Biotech industry pressure is massive. But European Parliament should uphold position that consumers have right to know! www.brusselstimes.com/opinions/179...

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Modified food, modified rights? Why genetically modify organisms labelling must stay

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Over 350,000 citizens from across Europe call for a ban on aspartame! Today, foodwatch symbolically handed over the signatures. We urge @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu and @ec.europa.eu to take action. The sweetener possibly causing cancer has no place in our food! www.foodwatch.org/en/over-3500...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Data from @unearthednews.bsky.social and @publiceye.ch show: EU-exports of banned pesticides almost doubled in six years - despite EU Commission's promise to stop this trade. Substances include mancozeb – a fungicide prohibited in the EU since 2020 after being classified as toxic for reproduction.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

⚠️ 20+ recalls this year due to contamination Tomorrow the EU’s SCoPAFF committee will discuss the first-ever limits on mineral oil in food. A make-or-break moment for consumer safety. EU Member States must back strict, binding limits! 👉 Press release: www.foodwatch.org/en/ahead-of-...

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Ahead of experts’ meeting on mineral oil contamination: foodwatch calls for strict limits

Ahead of an important meeting of the European Commission’s and Member States’ expert committee on food contaminants, foodwatch has renewed its call for strict limits on mineral oil contamination.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Nutri-score papers: After a two-year battle for transparency, foodwatch joins "Access Info" to challenge the European Commission’s refusal to disclose key documents related to proposed EU legislation on mandatory front-of-pack nutritional labelling. www.foodwatch.org/en/nutri-sco...

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Nutri-score papers: foodwatch joins Access Info in case before the General Court of the European Union

After a two-year battle for transparency by foodwatch, foodwatch joins Access Info to challenge the European Commission’s refusal to disclose key documents related to proposed EU legislation on mandat...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

EU court just overturned the classification of titanium dioxide as a suspected carcinogen — despite scientific evidence. A big win for industry lobbies. E171 stays banned in food, but the door is now open for more legal attacks on science-based regulations. www.foodwatch.org/en/eu-court-...

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EU Court Overturns Titanium Dioxide Classification

EU Court overturns titanium dioxide carcinogen classification despite scientific evidence, marking victory for industry lobbies over public health protection in chemical regulation.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Contaminated Olive Oil in France: 13.7 mg/kg of dangerous hydrocarbons found — nearly 7x the legal limit of 2 mg/kg. 🛑 foodwatch demands zero tolerance for MOAH contamination. 📢 Join us — sign our call for safe food now: 🔗 www.foodwatch.org/en/no-toxic-...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

🚨 EU Court ruling weakens protection on #TitaniumDioxide This is a serious setback for public health. Despite a food additive ban, this ruling ignores science and rewards industry lobbying — undermining the ECHA’s assessment and public trust. 📌 Full article (FR): www.sudouest.fr/internationa...

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Dioxyde de titane : la justice européenne annule son classement « cancérogène », les associations dénoncent « un recul important »

La Cour de justice de l'Union européenne a confirmé l’annulation de la classification du dioxyde de titane comme substance cancérogène, suscitant la controverse entre industriels et associations

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

🚫 9% of food in the EU contains pesticides banned in Europe. Bananas, tea, rice – some foods show 50% contamination. Why? #Bayer & #BASF are still exporting banned pesticides. They come back to us on our plates. Stop the toxic boomerang now! Read more here: www.foodwatch.org/en/banned-pe...

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Banned pesticides on EU plates

Despite being banned in EU agriculture, dangerous pesticides are still ending up on our plates via imported food.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Contaminated water recall in Germany! Roxane recalls water sold at Edeka, Netto & Marktkauf. The same group is on trial in France for illegally filtering polluted water. foodwatch demands full transparency now! www.foodwatch.org/de/keime-im-... #foodwatch #Recall #WaterScandal

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Keime im Mineralwasser: Rückruf bei Edeka, Netto und Marktkauf

foodwatch fordert von Hersteller Roxane: Alle Keimwerte und Maßnahmen offenlegen. Roxane gehört zum Alma-Konzern, der in Frankreich wegen illegaler Filtermethoden vor Gericht steht.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are everywhere — and they’re driving poor health and early death. 📉 Linked to cancer, diabetes, obesity, depression 💰 Target low-income groups 🌍 Drive emissions, plastic waste, biodiversity loss Full article: www.foodwatch.org/en/how-does-...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

🌱 Want to fight food industry power from anywhere in the EU? We are hiring a Coordinator of International Campaigns (f/*/m) — full-time or part-time, remote possible. 🧃 Coordinate cross-border campaigns for fair, safe, honest food. Apply by July 31 👉 www.foodwatch.org/en/about-us/...

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Coordinator of International Campaigns (f/*/m)

foodwatch is looking for a Coordinator of International Campaigns (f/*/m).

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Are food additives as safe as they seem? 🧐 From hidden labels to outdated safety checks – consumers are left guessing. Titanium dioxide (E171) was once “safe” — now banned. Nitrites and aspartame? Still in use despite serious health concerns. 🔗 www.foodwatch.org/en/campaigns...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

New tests and recalls from across Europe show just how widespread and serious the problem of mineral oil contamination in food still is today. 👇

foodwatch urges the European Commission and EU Member States to finally adopt strict and enforceable rules against harmful mineral oil contamination in food

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

New study: glyphosate causes cancer in rats at “safe” doses. Tumors, early deaths, multiple organs affected. Roundup and RangerPro included. The data is in. Time to ban it. Details here: www.foodwatch.org/en/landmark-...

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New Study Confirms Glyphosate Cancer Risk

Independent researchers confirm glyphosate herbicides cause cancer in laboratory studies.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Finally, some good food news from the US: Sam’s Club (Walmart) is removing 40+ additives - like aspartame & artificial colors - its private label by 2026. It shows what can be done, if retailers choose to act. Consumers have the right to safe and healthy food! www.reuters.com/business/hea...

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Walmart's Sam's Club to remove synthetic dyes from private brand by year end

Walmart-owned Sam's Club said on Thursday it would eliminate over 40 ingredients, including artificial colors and aspartame, from private label brand Member's Mark by the end of this year.

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Every 9 s someone hears “you have cancer.” Prevention starts on our plates. EU still allows 338 additives; some (aspartame E951, nitrite E250) carry cancer risk. foodwatch urges a ban on high-risk additives, a shorter list, clear labels. Sign: www.foodwatch.org/en/no-to-asp... #EWAC2025

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

#EWAC2025 foodwatch tests still detect cancer-linked mineral-oil aromatics (MOAH) in EU food brands. MOAH are mutagenic&carcinogenic. President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu & EU ministers: recall contaminated products and enact a binding zero-MOAH limit for all foods. www.foodwatch.org/en/no-toxic-...

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No toxic mineral oil in our food!

foodwatch has tested products on sale in France, the Netherlands and Germany, and for a first time also included products from Austria and Belgium. 19 products have been found to contain the particula...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

44 European and national organisations, including foodwatch, call on EU policymakers to ensure the freedom of choice by upholding mandatory labelling of new GMOs obtained by New Genomic Techniques (NGTs) as well as traceability across the entire value chain. www.foodwatch.org/en/new-gmos-...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

The EU Vision for Agriculture and Food has too many blind spots. A #FoodSystems lens sees the whole picture and maximises our ability to achieve multiple goals, from decent livelihoods for farmers and fishers to affordable healthy diets for people on a thriving 🌍 #ThinkFoodSystems #EUAgriVision

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

This olive oil was 26x over the limit. Consumers? Never warned. A Dutch food alert exposed extreme mineral oil contamination in olive oil sold across Europe. EU’s draft law is weak, complex & full of loopholes — thanks to industry pressure. Demand real protection: www.foodwatch.org/en/news/2025...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

No more corporate impunity! foodwatch and 100+ orgs just told Bayer: STOP lobbying to block cancer victims in the US from suing over #Roundup. You caused harm. You face the consequences. 📄 Read the open letter here: www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/04/n...

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No impunity for agrochemical corporations | Corporate Europe Observatory

A day before the Bayer Annual Shareholders meeting (AGM) over 100 organisations from the EU, US and around the world - uniting consumers, farmers, academics, human rights defenders, environmental defe...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Together with 3 NGOs, foodwatch is backing a lawsuit against the EU Commission’s 10-year greenlight of glyphosate. Why? - Ignored independent science, - Favored industry studies, - Denied review despite health risks Read more: www.foodwatch.org/en/foodwatch...

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foodwatch joins civil society court case against glyphosate

foodwatch has filed a request to join the lawsuit initiated by Pesticides Action Network European (PAN Europe) and other civil society organisations against glyphosate before the Court of Justice of t...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

💧 Perrier contaminated with bacteria... again. And Nestlé Waters didn’t alert the authorities. This isn’t just gross—it’s illegal. We’ve filed a complaint & testified in the Senate. Food fraud doesn’t get swept under the rug on our watch. Read more here: www.foodwatch.org/fr/actualite... [in French]

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La fraude à l’eau Perrier, bientôt finie ?

Que de rebondissements ces dernières semaines dans l’affaire des eaux en bouteille filtrées illégalement par le groupe Sources Alma - Cristaline, Vichy Célestins, St-Yorre, Chateldon - et Nestlé Water...

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

#Glyphosate: Health risks known for over 10 years – still re-approved by the EU? foodwatch is requesting to step in as an intervener in the EU court case against the Commission’s glyphosate renewal. Independent science was ignored. Public health is at stake. 🔗 www.foodwatch.org/en/glyphosat...

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Glyphosate in Court: foodwatch joins legal action against EU re-approval

Civil society organisations challenge flawed risk assessment behind glyphosate’s renewed authorisation.

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 02/04/2025

💶 What if we told you pesticide companies owe you billions?! 😮 👉 Last week we handed €23 billion bill to Croplife EU, the pesticide lobby protecting Big Polluters like Bayer & BASF, for making farmers ill, polluting drinking water, destroying ecosystems we depend on. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zJ5...

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What if we told you pesticide companies own you billions?

YouTube video by Friends of the Earth Europe

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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 26/03/2025

🗣️ in the video: 👉 @nina-holland.bsky.social , @corporateeurope.bsky.social 👉 Martin Dermine, @paneurope.bsky.social 👉 Clara Bourgin, @foeeurope.bsky.social 👉 Noa Simon Delso, @beelifeeu.bsky.social 👉 Jörg Rohwedder, @foodwatch-int.bsky.social 👉 Suzanne Astic, Child Rights International Network

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Protest at #CropLife HQ in Brussels: €23 billion symbolic invoice delivered for the true costs of pesticides—health, water, climate. Doors stayed shut, but the message was loud and clear: Pesticides kill. Polluters must pay. www.foodwatch.org/en/protest-t...

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EU Food Policy Coalition @eufpc.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

It looks like yesterday's call by several EU FPC participants to have food on the agenda was successful! While the title does not seem quite right, it seems like there will be a session on #FoodEnvironments, #PublicProcurement, #FoodAffordability and improving access to healthy food 👇 #EUAgriVision

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foodwatch International @foodwatch-int.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Albert Heijn now shows Nutri-Score on all products—great for consumers! 👏 But big brands like Coca-Cola & Unilever still refuse. It’s time for all supermarkets to follow—and for the EU to make Nutri-Score mandatory! Read more: www.foodwatch.org/nl/current-n...

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Foodwatch juicht stap Albert Heijn toe: Nutri-Score overal zichtbaar in supermarkt

Albert Heijn geeft het goede voorbeeld voor Nutri-Score door het logo op de schappen en in de webshop te zetten voor het hele assortiment. Een belangrijke stap op weg naar een verplichte Nutri-Score i...

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