Governance
Regulatory updates on food trade and commercial breakthroughs on product safety.
Europe: FAO food price index drops in December 2015
Prices of major food commodities declined for the fourth year in a row in 2015, averaging 19.1% below their previous-year's levels.
The dwindling global economy...
America: US agencies release nutritional guidelines to consumers
Health and Human Services (HHS) and USDA have released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve...
Europe: Beneo’s inulin receive EU health claim approval
The European Union Commission has authorized a 13.5 health claim with proprietary use for Beneo's chicory root fiber inulin promoting digestive health - 'chicory...
Europe: UK, FAO to collaborate freely on food initiatives
The Department for International Development of the United Kingdom (DfID) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed an...
Americas: Ardagh Group debuts LCBO-compliant 1.5 L bottle
Ardagh Group, Glass – North America debuts its 1.5L Bordeaux wine bottle, compliant with the Liquor Control Board of Ontario’s (LCBO) new lightweight glass...
Asia Pacific: CHEP, China release FMCG supply chain report
CHEP and the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation (CAITEC) have launched the China FMCG Industry Supply Chain Logistics Research Report.
The report...
World: Frutarom shares on decontaminating natural herbal extracts
Frutarom Health BU has launched the EFLA HyperPure natural ingredients in response to new regulations by the European Union to prevent polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons...
Americas: US to encourage more to eat pulses in 2016
The United Nations says the 2016 International Year of Pulses (IYP) will begin on January 1.
To educate consumers about pulses during the year long...
Europe: Tetra Pak joins COP21 pledge
Tetra Pak has added its name to the Paris Pledge for Action at COP21 to help tackle climate change.
"Seeing so many business organizations, like...
Europe: EFSA advises on heat treatment of bivalve molluscs
Experts at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) have evaluated possible alternatives to the current heat treatments of molluscs required by European Union legislation...