The EU’s legislative body political leaders have decided to set up a special committee to look into the EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides, while the decision awaits vote on the mandate during the 5-8 February plenary session of the European Parliament.

The special committee is a response to concerns raised about the risk posed by the herbicide substance glyphosate, the substance that was granted approval of renewal just for 5 years, after the European Commission’s initial failure to ...