(Brussels, 3 March 2016) FoodDrinkEurope is committed to a European Single Market, allowing people, goods and services to circulate freely throughout the European Union.

(1 December 2015) FoodDrinkEurope supports a Common Agricultural Policy, which promotes a competitive and sustainable food production.

(30 November 2015) As the COP21 is launched in Paris, European food and drink manufacturers and trade unions reiterate their active commitment to mitigating and adapting to Climate Change and to engaging with workers, with partners along the supply chain, with governments, civil society, academia and other stakeholders, to address the challenges raised by climate change.

(November 2015) Thanks to the significant product formulation and innovation efforts by European food and drink manufacturers over the past decades, EFSA (the European Food Safety Authority) concluded in its scientific findings in 2004 that total intake of trans fats in most EU Member States is below the WHO recommended level of 1% dietary energy. As a result, EFSA confirmed that, overall, trans fats are not a source of public health concern in the European Union.