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Online edition May 2024 | Food Safety

On January 1, 2026, new allergen policy will take effect in the Netherlands. The Dutch directive is the result of close consultation between the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, FNLI, CBL, NVWA ..

Steps towards a waste free future

16 January 2019

On 15 January, Nestlé announced how it intends to achieve a waste-free future. The company is committed to the target of 100% of its packaging being recyclable or reusable by 2025. Nestlé CEO Mark Schneider said: "Our...

Global Animal Protein Outlook 2019

31 December 2019

Growth in global animal protein continues, but it is slowing. Uncertainty is a key theme for 2019. Uncertainty created by African swine fever, in trade, and with feed prices all contribute to the slowdown in production. ...

Future slaughterhouse Sus Campiniae

19 December 2018

Belgian pig farming will suffer when Flemish Minister of Environment, Nature and Agriculture Joke Schauvliege (CD&V) refuses to grant a new permit to nv De Lokery, which operates the Sus Campiniae slaughterhouse in Oevel...

First 'Dutch bananas' harvested

18 December 2018

Researchers at Wageningen University & Research are harvesting the first 'Nederbananen' ('Dutch Bananas') this week. Boerenhart will offer the bananas as a 'regional product' to restaurants and hospitals in the regio...

Gmyrek part of Group of Butchers

30 November 2018

Early October Hartmann Fleischwaren was added to the ranks of Group of Butchers and now it is the turn of Gmyrek Fleisch- und Wurstwaren. Group of Butchers was founded in 1997 by Nick Visser and Wilbert Wolfs and supp...

Tetra Pak and Veolia partner up

20 November 2018

Tetra Pak has joined forces with global resource management company Veolia in a game-changing partnership that will enable all components of used beverage cartons collected within the European Union to be recycled by 202...

The real cost of our food

13 November 2018

Maar liefst 9 op de 10 Nederlanders denken in de komende vijf jaar meer te moeten betalen voor boodschappen om het milieu te sparen. Toch is slechts 37 procent hiervan een overtuigd voorstander. Ruim een kwart is niet be...

Unilever and Veolia collaborate

24 October 2018

Een driejarig partnerschap tussen Unilever en Veolia zal de infrastructuur voor afvalinzameling en recycling verbeteren om een cirkelvormige economie voor kunststofafval te helpen creëren. Unilever en Veolia hebben op...

Cargill launches the Waxy Corn Promise™

24 October 2018

De Waxy Corn Promise is een landbouwprogramma dat de duurzaamheid van voedselzetmeel in heel Europa verhoogt en ondersteunt boeren om hun praktijken voortdurend te verbeteren en hun impact op het milieu in maïsteeltgebie...

Statement Bord Bia on report Wakker Dier

16 October 2018

Animal welfare is one of the four key elements of the Irish quality system SBLAS for beef and lamb, alongside food safety, environmental protection and traceability. "Wakker Dier's suggestion that animal welfare is not i...

Luiten Vleeswaren takes a new direction

09 October 2018

The recently published Vega monitor of the environmental organisation Natuur & Milieu (Nature & Environment) shows that more and more people in the Netherlands become flexitarians. Luiten Vleeswaren responds to t...

Zweistra Vlees & Vleeswaren wants operational security

09 October 2018

Zweistra Vlees & Vleeswaren produces meat products with traditional craftsmanship. It is common knowledge that the processing of fresh meat products is susceptible to contamination. At Zweistra Vlees & Vleeswaren...

Greenhill guarantees high quality

11 September 2018

Schoonderwoerd Vlees from Bilthoven has added a new and unique brand to their assortment of meat. The family business imports mainly beef and lamb from New-Zealand and Australia. The brothers Nimrod and Nigel Schoonde...

From cowhide to industrial egg

11 September 2018

The empty landscape won’t have you suspect that here, between the potato fields of North-East Groningen, there’s a modest factory where innovation, sustainability and efficiency meet in an ‘industrial protein’. ...

The fish of the future comes from aquaculture

04 September 2018

Will we have enough fish for the growing world population in twenty years? According to Prof. Johan Verreth, there won’t be enough from the fishing industry. “The 100 million tonnes of additional fish that are required w...