1. Racova Group, one of Romania's largest agribusinesses run by an ex-footballer Adrian Porumboiu, operates over 46,000 hectares of farmland in that country.
2. Family-run Nicaraguan cocoa business targets expansion with $60m fundraise.
3. The Nordic Council of Ministers (Norden) has published a guidance document on metals and alloys used in food contact materials (FCMs).
4. Tetra Pak claims it is the first company to use electron beams (eBeams) to replace hydrogen peroxide H₂O₂, in its carton filling machines
5. Forty-eight million people are sickened and 3,000 killed by foodborne pathogens yearly in the US - one in six, per the CDC.
6. Whole grain foods should be promoted for health – but the term needs a standard definition to encourage innovation among food companies, say nutrition researchers.
7. Giving people money to encourage healthier lifestyles only works in the longer term when designed to stop negative behaviour rather than promote positive choices, suggests research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
8. The health risk from climate change is so great that it could reverse 50 years of advances in health and nutrition, according to a major Lancet Commission report.
9. Members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) have committed to halving food waste over the next ten years at an event in New York this week.
10. The revised EU Circular Economy Package, which will be released at the end of the year, will focus on waste management, higher recycling targets, product design and innovation & research, according to Commissioner for Environment & Maritime Affairs.
11. Malaysia’s baby food market closes in on half-billion value.
12. Indonesia increases its food safety surveillance for Ramadan.
13. Ancient grains and seeds such as chia, flax and quinoa have been steadily infiltrating the US cereal, bakery and snacks aisles in recent years, but are now starting to generate a lot of excitement in the dairy category as well, says Glanbia Nutritionals.
2. Family-run Nicaraguan cocoa business targets expansion with $60m fundraise.
3. The Nordic Council of Ministers (Norden) has published a guidance document on metals and alloys used in food contact materials (FCMs).
4. Tetra Pak claims it is the first company to use electron beams (eBeams) to replace hydrogen peroxide H₂O₂, in its carton filling machines
5. Forty-eight million people are sickened and 3,000 killed by foodborne pathogens yearly in the US - one in six, per the CDC.
6. Whole grain foods should be promoted for health – but the term needs a standard definition to encourage innovation among food companies, say nutrition researchers.
7. Giving people money to encourage healthier lifestyles only works in the longer term when designed to stop negative behaviour rather than promote positive choices, suggests research from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
8. The health risk from climate change is so great that it could reverse 50 years of advances in health and nutrition, according to a major Lancet Commission report.
9. Members of the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) have committed to halving food waste over the next ten years at an event in New York this week.
10. The revised EU Circular Economy Package, which will be released at the end of the year, will focus on waste management, higher recycling targets, product design and innovation & research, according to Commissioner for Environment & Maritime Affairs.
11. Malaysia’s baby food market closes in on half-billion value.
12. Indonesia increases its food safety surveillance for Ramadan.
13. Ancient grains and seeds such as chia, flax and quinoa have been steadily infiltrating the US cereal, bakery and snacks aisles in recent years, but are now starting to generate a lot of excitement in the dairy category as well, says Glanbia Nutritionals.
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