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Timeline: Is Europe gradually abandoning palm oil?
The popularity of palm oil, a versatile ingredient used in about half of all products on Europe’s supermarket shelves, is gradually waning. Growing awareness of the environmental destruction caused by palm oil harvesting, and the health concerns around the oil, is leading ever more companies to remove it from their lines and policymakers to tighten the regulatory noose.
Food and Health Policy
Download the new EU & US Organics Sector special report!
With sales growth of around 10% annually, the organics sector is on a strong upward curve. This special report for IEG Policy subscribers looks at the challenges and opportunities for the future of the organic industry in the EU, US and around the world.
Italy criticises EU's regulation on dual origin labelling
Timeline: Is Europe gradually abandoning palm oil?
The popularity of palm oil, a versatile ingredient used in about half of all products on Europe’s supermarket shelves, is gradually waning. Growing awareness of the environmental destruction caused by palm oil harvesting, and the health concerns around the oil, is leading ever more companies to remove it from their lines and policymakers to tighten the regulatory noose.
Labelling and Advertising
Download the new EU & US Organics Sector special report!
With sales growth of around 10% annually, the organics sector is on a strong upward curve. This special report for IEG Policy subscribers looks at the challenges and opportunities for the future of the organic industry in the EU, US and around the world.
Italy criticises EU's regulation on dual origin labelling
Spain bolsters food reformulation plan with public awareness drive
The Spanish government is taking its groundbreaking food reformulation programme a step further, by commissioning a leading media group to conduct a public awareness campaign in support of it, targeted at children.
Food Safety and Standards
Download the new EU & US Organics Sector special report!
With sales growth of around 10% annually, the organics sector is on a strong upward curve. This special report for IEG Policy subscribers looks at the challenges and opportunities for the future of the organic industry in the EU, US and around the world.
Italy criticises EU's regulation on dual origin labelling
EU confirms details of banned Brazilian poultry suppliers
After being singled out in recent police investigations in Brazil, the country’s top poultry exporter, BRF, will predictably bear the brunt of new import curbs being imposed by the EU.
Food Technology
Polish GMO bill to enter into force
Poland’s President Andrzej Duda has signed the country’s amended bill on microorganisms and genetically modified organisms (GMOs), paving the way for its implementation.
MEPs clear waste deal including food waste and packaging recycling targets
The European Parliament's Strasbourg plenary 18 April approved a deal its clinched with the Council and a four-law waste package that includes food waste and packaging targets, clearing the way for adoption.
Food must be subject to “new levels of transparency”, says report
Consumer demand for information about the food they eat means that “radical transparency” will shape the future of the industry, from farm to supermarket, over the coming years, a new report predicts.
Traceability and Supply Chain
Download the new EU & US Organics Sector special report!
With sales growth of around 10% annually, the organics sector is on a strong upward curve. This special report for IEG Policy subscribers looks at the challenges and opportunities for the future of the organic industry in the EU, US and around the world.
EU confirms details of banned Brazilian poultry suppliers
After being singled out in recent police investigations in Brazil, the country’s top poultry exporter, BRF, will predictably bear the brunt of new import curbs being imposed by the EU.
Timeline: Is Europe gradually abandoning palm oil?
The popularity of palm oil, a versatile ingredient used in about half of all products on Europe’s supermarket shelves, is gradually waning. Growing awareness of the environmental destruction caused by palm oil harvesting, and the health concerns around the oil, is leading ever more companies to remove it from their lines and policymakers to tighten the regulatory noose.
Trade Policy
Download the new EU & US Organics Sector special report!
With sales growth of around 10% annually, the organics sector is on a strong upward curve. This special report for IEG Policy subscribers looks at the challenges and opportunities for the future of the organic industry in the EU, US and around the world.
EU confirms details of banned Brazilian poultry suppliers
After being singled out in recent police investigations in Brazil, the country’s top poultry exporter, BRF, will predictably bear the brunt of new import curbs being imposed by the EU.
Timeline: Is Europe gradually abandoning palm oil?
The popularity of palm oil, a versatile ingredient used in about half of all products on Europe’s supermarket shelves, is gradually waning. Growing awareness of the environmental destruction caused by palm oil harvesting, and the health concerns around the oil, is leading ever more companies to remove it from their lines and policymakers to tighten the regulatory noose.
Brexit
Commonwealth focus unlikely to transform UK agri-food trade
With the UK’s legal withdrawal from the EU now less than a year away, attention is increasingly turning to possible new or revived trade networks which might replace the EU as an engine of trade growth for the United Kingdom.
China opens market to Irish beef, offering potential post-Brexit boost
China has agreed to lift its ban on beef from Ireland, potentially offering an important new outlet if Irish trade with the UK is harmed by Brexit.
UK agri-food sector will suffer post-Brexit without regulatory equivalence: CBI report
Regulatory equivalence between the UK and the EU is “vital” for maintaining the free flow of agricultural and food products after Brexit, according to a new report by the UK Confederation of British Industry (CBI).
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