EU Health and Food Safety

🐝 Pesticide risk assessment | ApisRAM.03, our latest agent-based honey bee model for the pesticide risk assessment is now available. This model, published as an external scientific report, will be used to design protocols and field methods and to calibrate tools for harmonised assessment of honey bee colony health. Read the external scientific report for full details: europa.eu/!GcNJck EU Health and Food Safety

Today, WHO/Europe convened key representatives and partners as part of its joint project for better health of refugees and displaced people from 🇺🇦 Ukraine. It brought together ministries of health, the European Union, WHO and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from 🇧🇬Bulgaria, 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇭🇺Hungary, 🇱🇹Lithuania, 🇵🇱Poland, 🇲🇩Republic of Moldova, 🇷🇴Romania, and 🇸🇰Slovakia in Romania with IOM Europe and Central Asia, IOM Global Office Brussels and EU Health and Food Safety to: 📘 create a platform for sharing lessons learned and good practices among countries, 🤝 facilitate communication exchange among national #health authorities on strategies to meet the health needs of #refugees and displaced people from Ukraine, 🔎 identify areas of support for Member States, including cross-border #collaboration. The technical workshops will delve into 4 themes to take forward the project’s deliverables: ⚖️ understanding legal frameworks and procedures to support displaced health workers from #Ukraine to continue their professional development in the host country; 🏥 strategies to ensure access to health services, with examples from health mediators, and dedicated health working groups; 📢enhancing public health messaging for Ukrainian refugee communities; and 💉strategies on #immunization services for refugees to increase #vaccination uptake. Find out more about our joint project https://bit.ly/WHO-IOM-EU 👉 bit.ly/4k4A1Vi #HealthForAll #EU4Health #EU4HealthRefugees

🐾 Just like people, animals get sick and need treatment. Do you wonder how medicines for animals, from livestock to our pets, are approved in the EU? 🐄 To mark the 3rd anniversary of the current regulation on veterinary medicinal products, watch how EMA’s Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products (#CVMP) ensures veterinary medicines in the EU meet strict quality, safety, and efficacy standards. More information: https://lnkd.in/eRJEtWyr #AnimalHealth #VeterinaryMedicines 

Productive meeting today with the Regional Director of the WHO Regional Office for Europe, Dr Hans Kluge. We will continue to collaborate closely in our priority areas, and in particular on health security for the European region.

SH+ is a World Health Organisation-developed training designed to support Frontline workers, volunteers, and Ukrainian support workers who work with beneficiaries of Temporary Protection in Ireland in managing stress and anxiety. This group-based course will help you build resilience, live more mindfully, and enhance overall well-being. 📅 Start Date: Monday, 24th Feb ⏰ Time: 15:00 What to Expect: ✅ 5 weekly sessions (90–120 mins) ✅ Practical stress management techniques ✅ Group learning & support ✅ English-speaking training If you've completed Psychological First Aid or are looking for ways to manage stress, this course is for you! 🌍 🔗 Join now: https://ow.ly/ow5s50UYA69 This initiative is funded by the European Commission #EU4Health programme in collaboration with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFRC and Irish Red Cross.

Over 59 million tonnes of food waste and 12.6 million tonnes of textile waste are produced yearly in the EU—a waste we simply can’t afford. Following our 2023 proposal, last night the European Parliament and the Council agreed on new actions: 🍎 Reduce food waste by: 🔹10% in processing and manufacturing; 🔹30% per person in retail, food services, and households;    🥕 Encourage donations of safe, unsold food   👖 Charge textile producers for their waste to fund collection, sorting, and recycling  👕 Adapt fees for producers based on textile durability    The Parliament and the Council now need to formally adopt the agreement, after which it will become law.     Can you think of ways you can make a difference personally?  Learn more → https://europa.eu/!34Tt76

✅ Our fight against food waste has reached another level - we welcome the political agreement on the revision of the Waste Framework Directive. With the revised rules, the EU countries pledge to deliver consistent progress toward achieving legally binding food waste reduction targets set by the Commission: halving food waste per person at the retail and consumer levels by 2030. This means that Member States must take necessary measures in order to reduce food waste by: 🔹10%, in processing and manufacturing, 🔹30% (per capita), jointly at retail and consumption (restaurants, food services and households). We will continue supporting the Member States in achieving this target through sharing best practices and learning through the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste as well as providing action grants. Find out more about the revised rules here: 🔗:https://lnkd.in/eTG-9Z5i 💡 Why is the fight against food waste so important? Each year, over 58 million tonnes of food are wasted in the EU—equivalent to 70 kg per person. This waste translates into an economic loss of approximately €132 billion. Shockingly, around 10% of all food in households, restaurants, schools, hospitals, and other institutions goes to waste. Meanwhile, over 37 million people in the EU struggle to afford a quality meal every other day - creating a stark contrast that demands urgent action. When it comes to food waste, everyone has a role to play, and the best place is to start in our own kitchen. Not sure where to begin? Get inspired with our #ZeroWasteMoreTaste cookbook: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gsqSX8bz #FoodWasteEU

New #EU4Health prior information notice! Keep an eye on our website and the Funding and tenders portal for the future publication of the call for tenders on legal support services for the compliance assessment of national transposing measures in the health and food safety areas: https://lnkd.in/ePwrY5wm

📣 We want to hear from you! Have your say on the European Health Data Space - #EHDS. Deadline: 28 February 2025. More information ⤵️

Innovators, businesses, policy makers, universities and everyone interested, we want to hear from you! Contribute to the newly launched call for evidence and help us design the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy to support startups and smaller companies grow in the Single Market and cut red tape. From today until 17 March, share your ideas, proposals and knowledge and contribute to designing a comprehensive strategy that will enable Europe’s startups and scaleups to thrive in Europe and compete globally. Following up on the Competitiveness Compass, the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy will create an environment for young innovative startups to thrive. It will address the financing and other obstacles that prevent new companies from scaling up in Europe. The aim is to simplify the regulatory framework, to make it possible for innovative companies to benefit from a single set of rules across the Single Market, and to facilitate their access to finance and talent. Have your say here ➡️ europa.eu/!c3V9jB #madeinEurope Henna Virkkunen Stéphane Séjourné Ekaterina Zaharieva European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) Signe Ratso European Research Executive Agency (REA) European Research Council (ERC) Michael McGrath Maria Luisa Albuquerque European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) CINEA - European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency