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Environmental Sciences Europe· 2026Q1

Simplification and the level of protection—primary law limits and legislative discretion in the Food and Feed Safety Omnibus

Kim Oelkers, Thomas Backhaus

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A legislative proposal (COM (2025) 1030 final) to simplify food and pesticide law structurally eliminates dynamic updating of scientific knowledge, undermining the precautionary principle by preventing new risk information from entering assessments and delaying action on confirmed risks.

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