All news articles for November 2017

HKScan was praised by prosecutors for cooperating with Estonian police during the investigation

‘Money laundering’ claim hits HKScan

By Oscar Rousseau

Axed HKScan Baltic bosses Teet Soorm and Mati Tuvi have been detained by Estonian prosecutors, accused of “money laundering” and “harmful transactions”.

Phil Hogan, commissioner for agriculture, called the announcement a 'significant step change' in CAP reform

‘Fear’ and concern raised as EU reforms CAP

By Oscar Rousseau

Farm groups have issued a mixed response to the European Commission’s plan to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by giving member states more powers.

Leclerc Foods, Migros, De Smaakspecialist, Toni's Handels in recalls

Food Safety Recall round-up 24-30 November 2017

Recalls: Bacillus cereus, Clostridium botulinum and Patulin

By Joseph James Whitworth

Recalls and alerts were made by UK, US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Slovakia, Lithuania, Germany and Austria

RSPO aims to empower smallholders as part of RT15

RSPO focuses on smallholders in support of sustainable palm oil

By Katy Askew

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil and United Nations Environment Project have joined forces to help promote sustainable practices among smallholders producing palm oil as the environmental group sharpens its focus on smallholder farmers.

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Unleashing the power of free: How free-from can broaden its appeal

By Ed Silk

The ‘free-from’ phenomenon is reaching a tipping point. Originally born out of dietary necessity, it’s now taken a global grip with hyper-health conscious consumers, who love to experiment with new food and drinks that deliver all of the good stuff free...

Expansion is firmly on the cards for the Croatian pork processor, following the capital injection

Croatian meat processor to invest €5.2m to upgrade plant

By Jaroslaw Adamowski

Croatian meat processor Gavrilović d.o.o. has obtained an investment grant of about HRK19.66 million (€2.6m) from the country’s government to finance a number of investments at its plant in Petrinja, Croatia.

Revealed: Spain’s meatiest retail trends

Revealed: Spain’s meatiest retail trends

By Oscar Rousseau

Spain favours smaller shops closer to city centres than huge supermarkets on the outskirts of town, according to an industry expert commenting on the country’s top retail trends.

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Guest article

High intensity sweeteners industry to show 2.3% CAGR

By Ravi Chawat, Allied Market Research

The demand for healthy and natural products has led to the adoption of plant-based sweeteners such as stevia and monk fruit, with these natural sweeteners offering 200 to 300 times the sweetening power of processed sugar. In this guest article, Ravi Chawat...

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News in Brief

Norovirus sickens 10 in Denmark

By Joseph James Whitworth

Ten people have been sickened by norovirus after eating raw oysters at Danish restaurants.

Alliance Group, one of New Zealand's largest meat processors, said it could offer better prices to livestock farmers

Alliance Group doubles profit

By Aidan Fortune

New Zealand farmers’ co-operative Alliance Group has reported a doubling of operating profit last year.

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AAK appoints new CEO

By Niamh Michail

Vegetable oil and fat supplier AAK has appointed Johan Westman as CEO and president.

MHP expands Ukraine poultry farm to fuel export program

MHP expands Ukraine poultry farm to fuel export program

By Vladislav Vorotnikov

Ukrainian agricultural holding MHP will double production performance at its Vinitsia Poultry Farm, up to 520,000 tonnes (t) per year by 2021, in order to supply a higher volume of chicken meat for export.

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