<p>The European Parliament 's Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is responsible for food safety issues, including the labelling and safety of foodstuffs, veterinary legislation safeguarding against risks to human health, and public health checks on foodstuffs and food production systems.</p>

<p>Parliament is also particularly vigilant with regard to threats to consumer health related to cloned animals and nanomaterials or GMOs. It scrutinises and regularly opposes draft proposals for authorisation or renewal of new genetically modified plants such as maize or soya beans. In order to ensure greater transparency throughout the food chain and to better inform European consumers, Parliament, in a resolution adopted in May 2016, reiterated its call on the Commission to present legislative proposals for the mandatory indication of the origin of, in particular, meat used as an ingredient in processed foods. This should restore consumer confidence in the wake of the horsemeat scandal and other food fraud cases. In 2017, Parliament and Council agreed upon new rules to tighten up official food inspections aimed at improving food traceability and combating fraud. During the negotiations, Parliament managed to strengthen enforcement in relation to fraudulent or deceptive practices.</p>

#EUelections2019 - Food safety

Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS - Member of the EC in charge of Health & Food Safety

Plenary session week 37 2015 in Strasbourg - Cloning of animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes

Cloning of animals kept and reproduced for farming purposes (debate)

Products from cloned animals in the food chain (debate)

Cloning of animals for food supply (debate)

Cloning of animals: press conference

ENVI-AGRI Hearing on Cloning of Animals for Farming Purposes

Food nanotechnology and animal cloning present complex opportunities and challenges: simplicity wins the day as MEPs vote in new authorisation procedures.

Food innovation safety made as easy as pie

MEPs support total ban on cloning farm animals in Europe and on the import of cloned food and feed.

Victory for cloning opponents

In Europe, cloned animals haven't made their way into the food supply chain - yet - but they're not banned from it either. EU legislation on cloning is proving a hard nut to crack.

Cloned animals - would you eat them?

Committees make decisions about the protection of trade secrets, proposed ban on meat imports of a very special kind and copyright harmonisation across Europe...

On the Agenda: Clones, copyright, gender equality

The case for importing cloned foodstuffs has sparked a heated debate amongst the European Institutions, our MEP and Commission guests discuss why.

Focus: Should we import cloned foodstuffs?

Would you be OK with eating meat from cloned animals’ offspring? An inquiry into the different aspects of cloning: animal welfare, food safety and traceability.

Animal cloning

MEPs want the EC to make a new proposal to regulate cloned foods after an unexpected discovery and Schumacher comes to Strasbourg to talk about road safety.

The News: Cloned foods - Schumacher on safety

MEPs work on ensuring dairy producers a fair income and prepare to debate hot issues such as Schengen shut down and food from cloned animals in the May plenary.

The News: Milk crisis - May plenary agenda

Schengen shut down, post-Bin Laden defence and security policy, cloned animals in food and transparency are some of the topics up for debate in the May plenary.

Rendezvous in Strasbourg

Fancy a cloned steak? Blink investigates how and why animals are cloned and asks the experts if we really know what is on our plates.

A-Z: C for Cloning

Although 80% of consumers want to know whether cloned animals are ending up on their plates, the EU institutions failed to agree on a new law on novel foods.

No deal on cloned food

A conference on rare diseases emphasised the importance of diagnosis in ending inequalities. MEPs want to keep cloned meat off the menu.

The News: Rare diseases - Cloned animals

MEPs want cloned animals and their offspring banned from the food chain but the Council doesn't agree. If there is no deal in March, there'll be no legislation.

A dish of cloned meat?

The controversial Swift bank data agreement is modified, doubts remain. MEPs say no to cloned food. Belgian caretaker PM talks about his country's presidency.

The News: Swift agreement - Cloned food - Yves Leterme on Belgian presidency

MEPs voted against allowing produce from cloned animals on the EU market. Many MEPs raised doubts over its potentially negative effects on health.

No to clone food

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Kartika LIOTARD (GUE/NGL, NL), rapporteur, speaks to the press about novel food after MEPs vote.

Novel foods: extract from the vote and press conference by Kartika LIOTARD (GUE/NGL, NL), rapporteur

As Europe celebrates the anniversary of European forefather Robert Schuman's European construction speech, the faltering Eurozone is looking more stable as EU leaders agreed to a loan for Athens. MEPs had their say on how future crises should be avoided d

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