fruit & vegetables
25 Apr 2024
--- The European Parliament officially endorsed the provisional agreement on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) yesterday, drawing a mix of concerns and support from the industry. The legislation includes...
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25 Apr 2024
--- The overwhelming majority of MEPs voted in favor of a new Plant and Forest Reproductive Material (PRM) legislation, which sets out to combine and update the EU’s current laws on seeds and seedlings. Among the MEPs,...
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24 Apr 2024
--- Unilever has revealed plans to scale back some of its sustainability targets, including more responsible packaging, backing for SMEs and support for the living wage, in a move that has drawn criticism from NGOs. The FMCG...
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24 Apr 2024
--- Today is Stop Food Waste Day, and Polish tech company Fresh Inset is spotlighting its Vidre+ technology, which it says is “transforming the battle against food waste” with a sticker inside the packaging that...
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24 Apr 2024
--- The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently released its report titled “Integrating Africa’s forgotten foods for better nutrition,” as well as “Compendium of forgotten foods in...
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24 Apr 2024
--- The results of the European Union’s last analysis of 110,829 food samples were released this week and showed that 96% fell within legally permitted levels, with only 3.7% exceeding safe levels. The report also shows...
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23 Apr 2024
--- The Food Research and Action Center (FRAC) commends the recently announced changes to the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC). Nutrition...
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22 Apr 2024
--- Sweden-based food technology company Saveggy has raised €1.76 million (US$1.87 million) to launch its plant-based packaging alternative for fresh fruit and vegetables at an industrial scale. The investment round was led...
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22 Apr 2024
--- US-based Berjé has acquired Peru-based essential oils and fruit products producers Global Citrus International and Acelim del Peru to expand its international operations in Peru and Mexico. Global Citrus International...
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18 Apr 2024
--- FoodChain ID has unveiled a regulatory library module called “Sustainable Packaging Services” as a digital tool to enable food manufacturers to keep up with changing global regulations on sustainable packaging....
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18 Apr 2024
--- Tereos has opened a new Customer Innovation Centre located in Aalst, Belgium. The facility is designed to foster innovation and deepen collaboration with customers by offering a range of services and solidifying its role as...
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12 Apr 2024
--- This week in industry news, Givaudan announced its Plant Attitude Challenge, where the company invites start-ups to decrease costs of an alternative protein recipe. Gastronology 3D Food Works started the industrial...
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11 Apr 2024
--- Berry Global has released a white paper outlining its “breakthrough” technology in PE Cling Film. The technology is said to be the solution to finding a recyclable alternative to traditional polyvinyl chloride...
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09 Apr 2024
--- Food inflation in the world’s wealthiest nations has fallen to levels from before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and declined for 15 consecutive months, reaching 5.3% in February versus 6.3% in January,...
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08 Apr 2024
--- McDonald’s has agreed to purchase all 225 of the restaurants in its Israel franchise following months of Pro-Palestinian boycott action amid the Hamas and Israel war which has led to much lower sales for the fast food...
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05 Apr 2024
--- There are growing concerns over potential price hikes and possible supply shortages for certain products due to the UK government’s decision to levy post-Brexit charges on imports of some key EU food and plant products...
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EU’s “disproportionate funding” for emissions-intensive animal products fuels environmental concerns
03 Apr 2024
--- Recent research indicates that the EU has been disproportionately funding animal farming over plant cultivation through its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), raising concerns over the encouragement of environmentally...
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02 Apr 2024
--- Biotech start-up PoLoPo has unveiled the SuperAA platform — a molecular farming system that uses metabolic engineering techniques to formulate proteins in common plant crops. The method is currently deployed in...
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01 Apr 2024
--- Danish biotech giant Novonesis underscores the importance of competitive biotech R&D in the EU food nutrition space, to support the green transition and improve nutrition security. Nutrition Insight sits down with the...
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01 Apr 2024
--- Key developments in March included a plethora of changes across the food regulatory landscape and food tech innovation. Notably, the EU AI Act was greenlighted by the European Parliament, the US state of Washington outlawed...
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