Governance
Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: Gebo Cermex receives award for Industry 4.0 initiatives
Gebo Cermex receives the Vitrine Industrie du Future mark from the Alliance Industrie Du Futur (AIF) in recognition of its efforts to introduce, develop...
Europe: Tetra Pak’s carton win highest class certification
Tetra Pak's new version of Tetra Brik Aseptic 1000 Edge with Bio-based LightCap 30 is reportedly the first aseptic carton package in the world to...
Europe: Locally grown Danish produce contains fewer pesticides than imports, report
Danish consumers can ensure a diet containing fewer pesticide residues by choosing fruit and vegetable items that carry the national flag.
This is the...
Europe: Amcor, Selinko launch anti-counterfeit packaging solution for wine
Amcor Capsules and object identification company Selinko have launched InTact, a high-quality connected overcap to protect wines and spirits against counterfeiting and fraudulent refilling.
By...
Europe: Algatech joins €1200M initiative
Israel's Algatechnologies joins the FoodConnects consortium as the winner of a pan-European competition on the Food4Future call.
This Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) has broad...
Europe: LGC buys BRC Global Standards
LGC has acquired BRC Global Standards, a global provider of safety and quality Standards programs for food and non-food manufacture, packaging, storage, distribution and...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra’s site named most energy-efficient in NZ
The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority has named Fonterra’s Edendale site as the most energy-efficient dairy manufacturing site in New Zealand.
The site has become...
Americas: Celanese files compliant over patent infringement
Celanese Corporation says the US International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation into the unlawful importation into the US of certain...
Europe: In pursuit of quality with equipment
The recipe-development and quality-control accuracy offered by Mettler Toledo industrial scales and other product inspection devices is helping one Spanish producer of olive oils,...
Europe: Survey finds mixed views on ‘organic’
Organic foods are selling better than ever before.
In 2015, the sales they generated in Germany rose by about 11% compared to the previous...