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Freshfel Europe warned the European Commission last week about the far-reaching implications of its draft proposal on marketing standards if rules on mandatory country-specific origin labelling are maintained for pre-cut […]
Tue 16/05/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
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New Zealand’s parliament introduced a national standard for organic production on March 3, which lays out requirements organic certification. Agriculture and Food Safety Minister, Damien O’Connor, presented the Organic Products […]
Mon 09/03/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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After 6 years, the certifier returns to Argentina to complete its 2019 Tour.
Fri 10/01/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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Futurologists foresee an important convergence occurring between food and health care. With the degradation of public health systems, people will increasingly use food as medicine – both for cure and […]
Mon 19/12/2016 by Pierre Escodo
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A new protocol has just been released to carry out unannounced IFS audits, besides carrying out certification audits, in order to check on the continuous compliance of individual certified companies […]
Mon 06/06/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Up to 12% of fresh tables grape in class I and class II sales packages could be loose under changes being considered to the relevant international quality standard. Consultation is […]
Tue 26/04/2016 by Julie Butler
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Amid a boom in demand for the baby version, Spain is calling for a change to the trade standard for avocados. It says many Spanish companies are now trading in mini […]
Tue 22/03/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The maximum level (ML) for lead in fresh mushrooms would be set at 0.3 mg/kg under a recommendation to a FAO WHO Codex Alimentarius committee. An electronic working group established […]
Mon 21/03/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
