More than 200,000 citizens call for strict limits on mineral oil in food

foodwatch submits petition to EU Commission

30-Jan-2025

foodwatch has handed over more than 200,000 signatures to the EU Commission in Brussels, with which citizens from all over Europe are demanding strict limits for harmful mineral oil contaminants in food. Activists from several European foodwatch offices handed over the petition signatures to representatives of the Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) at a symbolic protest action in front of the EU Commission's headquarters.

"The science is clear: potentially carcinogenic mineral oils have no place in our food. The EU has been promising measures for years - it is high time for strict limits that protect us consumers," said Rauna Bindewald from foodwatch.

The consumer organization criticized a leaked draft of the planned EU regulation as being too lax: the limit values for mineral oil impurities are set far too high in some cases and there are long transition periods. In addition, it is too complicated to calculate the limit values for products with several ingredients. foodwatch called on the European Commission to finally enshrine the strict limit values already agreed by the Member States in 2022 in law - without exceptions and without long transitional periods.

To underline their appeal, the activists handed out symbolic soaps with the inscription "Don't get your hands dirty" at the end of the meeting - a clear signal to EU politicians not to allow themselves to be influenced by the industry, but to get effective regulation underway.

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