On Thursday, April 20, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Chung Hwang-geun met with French Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau at the Government’s Sejong Office to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the agri-food sector. Minister Jung emphasized that smart agriculture is an important pillar of agriculture with which to respond to recent challenges such as climate...
It’s more reassuring to eat pineapple! China’s first national industry standard for freshly cut pineapple processing has been approved
Recently, the Department of Agricultural Product Quality & Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the Notice on Issuing the Project Plan for the Revision of the National and Industrial Standards for Agriculture in 2023. Among them, the “Technical Regulations for Freshly Cut Pineapple Processing” declared by the Institute of Silkworm Industry and Agricultural Products Processing of the...
Italy’s Legumes Select: innovate cultivation techniques to encourage the development of the short supply chain and the conversion to organic, in Campania
SAN GIUSEPPE VESUVIANO (Naples) – Contributing to the development of a short supply chain on legumes grown in Campania “from producer to processor” using organic methods is the intent of Agria S.p.A.. The company, specializing in the selection and packaging of Select brand’s dried legumes, has honored consumer trust for more than 60 years by guaranteeing quality raw materials from a controlled supply chain....
Olymel Plant Shut Down Fuels Worries Over Future of Pork
Olymel, the Canadian processor and distributor of poultry and pork, is planning to shut down its plant in allée-Jonction, Que. The plant handles the company’s slaughtering, cutting and deboning operations. This is not the first plant the company is closing, and no one can tell if it’ll be the last either. It had already closed the Blainville and Laval plants....
Belgium sowed significantly more grains in 2022
Belgian farmers sowed more grain last year due to higher prices because of the Ukraine war. The acreage of spring cereals and grain corn increased by 36 percent in 2022, according to final figures from the Belgian statistics office Statbel. Specifically, the area of spring wheat, spring barley and grain maize grew by 19,251 hectares compared to 2021, reports Belgian...
FDA’s Front-of-Package Labeling Change: What’s the Impact on the Food Industry?
Front-of-the-Label (FOP) labeling changes will play an important role in alleviating diet-related chronic illnesses, especially among Americans at the lower-tier of the economic pyramid, if the current show of approval by the public on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA)’s developments is anything to go by. What does the law mean for the industry? The original aim of standardizing the...
Mulvaney-Bud Light Ad Stokes Fire in Conservative Circles
A Bud Light commercial recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of the self-confession of transgender icon, Dylan Muvaney, by featuring an ad with a picture of hers on a beer can, subsequently leading to a boycott. The beer company is now being forced to apologize-and it has done so rather equivocally. Who is Dylan Mulvaney, for the 1% of the globe...
Ground Cinnamon From Vietnam Has Caused Panic in Spain
Around 30 persons have fallen sick after consuming a segment of ground cinnamon imported to Spain. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) confirmed this based on data it had received pertaining to the probable presence of Clostridium perfringens bacteria in ground cinnamon. Further details unearthed the source as possibly that of ground cinnamon shipped from Vietnam under...
Fruit and vegetables: Citrus fruits’ prices in Taranto drop 48%-Less consumption, too many production costs
TARANTO –Italy’s citrus prices on the Taranto marketplace have plummeted by 48 percent, as price increases in the shopping cart and climate change have decimated harvests, while consumers have cut their fruit purchases, which plummeted by 8 percent in quantity compared to last year, to the lowest since the beginning of the century. This is what Coldiretti Puglia says, based on...
Portuguese Chamomile: Kombucha drinking flowers
In summary: Aquela Kombucha flower drink will be an ideal blend of Portugal’s chamomile and elderflower samples. Already launched (in pre-sale format), the first limited edition of 2023 of Aquela Kombucha, which goes into circulation on April 15, Saturday, when the brand opens a bar at Rua Duque de Saldanha 345, in Porto, will be offered as a cocktail with...