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Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment made a step forward in order to reduce the impact on the environment caused by waste from used cooking oils from the hotel, restaurant and catering sector and efficient models closure lifecycle of used cooking oils. Yesterday the Director General of […]
Increase of 2.1% in 2013 for the production of certified extra virgin olive oils after the fall of 2012. It appears from the report Ismea Qualivita presented yesterday in Rome in the presence of the Minister of Agriculture Maurizio Martina. Italy remains the world leader of the sector […]
Olive oil among the foods that contain the lowest pesticide residues within the EU legal limits. It emerges from of the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) 2012 annual report on pesticide residues in food. The report is based on the analysis of almost 79,000 food samples carried out […]
From 13 December, the EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation 1169/2011 requires food businesses to provide allergy information on food sold unpackaged in, for example, catering outlets, deli counters, bakeries and sandwich bars or served in restaurants. There are also changes to existing legislation on labelling allergenic ingredients […]
By 2018, China will become the world`s largest consumer of imported food with a market valued at up to US$80 billion. According to forecasts by the Association of Food Industries, AFI, food imports in China will see a growth spurt for the next decade. This forecast seem to […]
Since June 2014, producer prices in Spain have been rising constantly. By the second week of September they had reached €2.74/kg. In October the market seemed to be searching for equilibrium in that prices fell but in November they reversed direction, moving up to €2.93/kg at the end […]
Trade and Investment Minister Andrew Robb has announced that Australia’s Free Trade Agreement with South Korea will enter into force on 12 December 2014. “KAFTA’s entry into force at this time will mean that many Australian exporters will benefit from an immediate tariff cut by Korea, and a […]
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) yesterday announced speakers for the 2015 Agricultural Outlook Forum, “Smart Agriculture in the 21st Century,” to be held from Feb. 19-20, 2015, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel, Arlington, Va. The forum’s plenary speakers and sessions will take a global, modern look […]
During the 2nd edition of Agrofood West Africa, starting last 2 December at the Accra International Conference Centre in Ghana, new business opportunities in the vegetable area were set for this African nation. “Ghana’s local climate conditions are ideal for the production of tropical fruits and vegetables – […]
No more customs duties applied to imports of wine in Canada in short times as required by ‘CETA’, according to the free trade agreement between EU and the North American country, started in 2008.The announcement was made today by Emmanuel Kamarianakis, Adviser to the Minister for Commercial Affairs […]
European consumers are demanding more “bio”. As a matter of fact both surfaces and sales grow by 6 percent and EU organic sector is worth 18 billion Euros a year. One “green” trend linked to environmental sustainability but that needs uptodate rules. In this sense, the reform of […]
Many alimentary products do not mention palm oil. But from December 2014, the European legislation (Regulation EU n.1169 / 2011) will impose to show on the label all kinds of oils in food. There will not be, howevere, a specific labeling for trans fats. In any case, by […]
According to Spanish Customs (Aduanas), from January to September 2014 exports of Spanish olives to the European Union countries grew by 12.13%, reaching 113,410 tons. France increased its sales up to 20.3 million kilos (+ 21.19%). Italy grew by 26.4 million kilos (+ 13.45%), then followed Germany and […]
Yesterday the General Assembly of Unesco unanimously inscribed for the first time a grape cultivation technique used on the Sicilian island of Pantelleria in its renowned World Heritage list. The “alberello” cultivation of grapes on the island has, in fact, shaped the landscape over time, creating one of […]
New rules for novel food, that is, any food that was not used for human consumption within the EU to a significant degree before 15 May 1997 (e.g. food with a modified molecular structure, microorganisms, fungi, algae, food obtained from cellular or tissue cultures, or insects). Draft plans […]
