The European Commission, which is soon to propose a revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive, previously announced a 50% reduction of both the use and risk of phytosanitary products, as well as of more hazardous products by 2030 as Farm to Fork (F2F), the flagship food policy strategy.
Pompili emphasised the need for European action in both coherence and facilitation of initiatives, if the target of halving the use of chemical and hazardous pesticides is to be achieved.
French agriculture minister Julien Denormandie, for his part, affirmed the need for the EU food industry to “use the same standards of production” during a meeting with the EU’s agriculture ministers on 17 January.
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