This is a victory for human health and bees. Member State experts, meeting in the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (PAFF), on Tuesday 22 October, gave their support by qualified majority to the Commission's draft implementing regulation on not renewing the EU licence for thiacloprid, the active substance of a neonicotinoid pesticide.
"The Commission will adopt the Regulation and publish it in the Official Journalby the end of November 2019", said Food Safety Spokesperson...