Summary Description
- Implements the European Green Deal in the agri-food sector towards becoming a climate-neutral continent by 2050.
- TopicThe topic of the legislation or policy covered by the text
- Alternative ProteinsAnimal healthAnimal welfareAntimicrobial resistanceClimate & environmental protectionPublic procurementTaxation
- SpeciesThe animal, or type of food production, covered by the text
- Farmed animals
- JurisdictionCountry or geographical area where the text applies
- EU
- Sub-jurisdictionCountry or state where the text applies
- N/A
- Type of ActWhether the act is a law, regulation, or policy, or another type of text
- Policy
- StatusIndicates whether the act is in force or not
- In force
- Legal ValueWhether the text is binding or not
- N/A
- Date enactedDate the text was adopted
- 2020
- Date updatedDate when the entry was last updated by the CALF team
- June, 2023
- Official citation
- Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, A Farm to Fork Strategy for a Fair, Healthy and Environmentally-Friendly Food System (2020) (EU)
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Strengths
- Includes economic measures such as tax incentives to ensure that the price of different foods reflects their real costs in terms of GHG emissions and other environmental externalities.
- Encourages transition to a healthier and more accessible plant-based diet, the improvement of animal welfare levels, and the reversing of biodiversity loss.
- Sets quantitative goals for reduction of use of antibiotics.
- Announces measures for increased transparency to consumers through nutritional, animal welfare, and food sustainability labelling.
- Encourages research, innovation, technology and investments including in alternative proteins.
- Weaknesses
- The EU�s agriculture policy for the 2021-2027 was not revised in light of the Farm to Fork Strategy, thus hindering the implementation of significant measures for a transition to a sustainable food system, such as the elimination of harmful subsidies.