by European Public Health Alliance | Mar 31, 2021 | Opinion
By Tifenn Piolot-Doco, Policy Assistant, EPHA Set to convene in September 2021, the United Nations Food System Summit (UN FSS) is presented as an opportunity to rethink food systems and launch new actions to transform the way the world produces and consumes food. This...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 19, 2021 | Statements
The EU ban on the routine use of antimicrobials in animal production starts applying in January 2022. EPHA joins in asking the Commission about what preparations are being taken to ensure compliance with these rules? 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 DOWNLOAD LETTER 18...
by European Public Health Alliance | Feb 17, 2021 | Statements
EPHA joins 300+ organisations and academics in calling for raised labour standards in European agriculture and adding social conditionality to the new CAP. 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 2.12.0.0 DOWNLOAD LETTER 17 February 2021 At least ten million people are...
by European Public Health Alliance | Jan 28, 2021 | Statements
This policy paper, supported by EPHA, puts forward a proposal to mainstream agroecology into the policies governing EU food systems. It uses the FAO ‘10 Elements of Agroecology’ and ‘13 Agroecological Principles’ as a framework to envision how agroecology should be...
by European Public Health Alliance | Dec 22, 2020 | Opinion
To facilitate a shift towards healthier, more sustainable diets, the EU Farm to Fork strategy points to the creation of a “favourable food environment”. A ‘food environment approach’ recognises that a wide range of contextual factors, which are mostly beyond...
