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European Patent Office

European Patent Office lets EU decisions to come to nothing

Recent decisions by the European Patent Office (EPO) show that existing bans on the patenting of seeds are insufficient to stop the monopolisation of...

IFOAM Organics Europe at BIOFACH 2026: shaping the future of organic with young voices...

On 10-13 February 2026, the global organic community will once again gather at the Nuremberg Exhibition Center for BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade fair...
Guarana

Guarana: Benefits, Caffeine Content, Uses and Side Effects

Guarana is an Amazonian plant best known for the naturally occurring caffeine found in its seeds. It is commonly used in powders, food supplements,...
principle of equivalence

EU Commission’s proposal to revise the organic regulation undermines the principle of equivalence

On 16 December 2025, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Organic Regulation (EU) 2018/848, which largely addresses some key requests of...