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Higher incomes prompt Russian seafood boom

Russia's seafood market is one of the country's fastest growing food sectors as more consumers with rising disposable incomes stop thinking of it as an expensive luxury but as a normal part of their weekly shop, reports Angela Drujinina.

Voluntary COOL labeling the answer, says GMA

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) has welcomed the introduction of legislation that would establish a voluntary country-of-origin labeling (COOL) program in place of a mandated program.

Parmesan puzzle heads Codex labelling debate

While debates on ingredient labelling and on Parmesan cheese are among the main issues at this week's meeting of the Codex Alimentarius, other items on the agenda include codes of practice for handling quick frozen foods, cadmium levels in rice and on...

Discount food hits Moscow

Moscow's leading retailer, Sedimoy Continent, has launched a new discount, food hypermarket format that promises new opportunities in private label as Russia's retailers look to increase their control of the country's food market, writes Angela...

Weekly Comment

Food intolerance: a scientific void

It is time to draw on science to establish once and for all whether food intolerance is just a source of succour for hypochondriacs, or whether it is genuinely a modern scourge.

Ochakovo brewer targets export markets

Ochakovo, one of Russia's biggest domestic breweries, has launched an aggressive marketing campaign to help sell its Ochakovo Premium beer and Ochakovsky kvass abroad, Angela Drujinina reports.