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The EU may soon end the ban on processed animal protein (PAP) in poultry and pig feed.

The European Union follows a complex, rolling system of review for use of active ingredients and Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) in food.

The European Commission launched a public consultation in January on its upcoming revision of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive (SUD).

On February 24, 2021, the European Commission published an updated EU Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change.

Despite the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic and the further spread of African Swine Fever in wild boar westwards into Germany, EU pork production and exports broke a record in 2020.

Most governments in Europe intermittently closed restaurants, businesses and implemented lock-downs since late February 2020 because of the worldwide COVID-19 epidemic.

On March 4, 2020, the European Commission published the founding legislative proposal of the EU Green Deal: the EU Climate Law.

On October 23, 2020, the EU Ministers for Environment adopted the Council Conclusions on the Biodiversity Strategy.

Post estimates that 2020 European Union (EU) milk deliveries will increase by one percent over 2019 due to continued global demand for dairy products, stable domestic demand, and market interventions.

On October 14, the European Commission presented its EU Methane Strategy, in which the main objective is to reduce methane emissions by 35 to 37 percent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.

On October 20, 2020, the European Commission adopted its 2021 Work Program setting out the actions the Commission aims to take in 2021.

On October 19, 2020, the EU Ministers of Agriculture adopted the Council Conclusions on the Farm to Fork Strategy.