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09/06/2020

EU, nutrition labelling and regulatory changes in view of Brexit

Towards harmonised mandatory FOP nutrition labelling at EU-level   On 20 May 2020, the European Commission…

20/04/2020

France: New codes of practice for tomato products

CTCPA, the French industrial technical center for the canned food industry, partly funded by tax levied…

09/04/2020

Italy: taking a stand against the Nutri-Score trend?

Following the special report that Tomato News published last November on the issue of nutritional labeling…

03/04/2020

Italy: compulsory place-of-origin labeling prolonged until December 2021

Italy requests a Europe-wide extension of compulsory place-of-origin labeling for all food products The obligation to…

27/03/2020

Spain: a slight dip in the amount of 2019 subsidies

Aid totals EUR 196 /ha On 9 March, the FEGA published the final amount of subsidies…

23/03/2020

Publication: A review of international health claims

Consumers are increasingly aware of the importance of diet in human health and they preferably choose…

21/03/2020

CoVID-19: EC Guidelines for border management measures

The coronavirus crisis has highlighted the challenge of protecting the health of the population whilst avoiding…

05/02/2020

Why certification claims on tomato origin matters

Challenge to tomato origin moves forward A putative class action against Cento Fine Foods (Cento) challenging…

07/10/2019

US tariffs on EU food: No tomato products in the list

Europe's food and drink sector 'deeply regrets' the US decision to slap 25% tariffs on EU…