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Local food? A great idea (on paper)

Getting your groceries straight from a nearby farm, who wouldn’t want that? Less transport, fairer prices for farmers, shorter supply chains. Governments have been trying to promote it for years. Still, making local food..

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Agrifirm and Vallei Varken introduce climate-neutral pork

14 November 2022

Together with Agrifirm, Vallei Varken is launching the very first climate-neutral certified pork in the Netherlands. This pork will be available in Marley Spoon meal boxes from mid-November 2022. Following a verification...

Food producer struggles to charge through higher costs

11 November 2022

An accumulation of higher costs at various links in the chain is causing a historic increase in output prices in the food industry. In the coming period, some of these costs are expected to decrease slightly. For instanc...

LTO Netherlands wants addition to Agro-Nutrimonitor

10 November 2022

At the end of October 2022, WUR published the Agro-Nutrimonitor commissioned by the ACM. LTO Netherlands responds to the study, which mainly covers the years 2018-2020. The organisations appreciate the efforts of the ...

CBS: Inflation 14.3 per cent in October

10 November 2022

Consumer goods and services were 14.3 per cent more expensive in October than in the same month a year earlier, reports CBS. In September, inflation was 14.5 per cent. Energy price developments had a downward effect on i...

NVWA: extra sampling at slaughterhouses

10 November 2022

From September 2022 to the end of 2022, the NVWA is taking extra samples at slaughterhouses of cattle, pigs, horses, goats and sheep. This was prompted by the results of a trial of a new detection method. These showed un...

Government lowers entry threshold TEK scheme

10 November 2022

The government has determined that it is not justified to make energy tax a variable rather than a fixed component of the calculation used to determine energy intensity in the Energy Cost Contribution (TEK). This does no...

Marketing claims organic, what are you allowed to say?

08 November 2022

To get the message of organic across to consumers, good communication is obviously very important. For example, through claims on labels, in advertisements, in the supermarket and on the website. But what exactly is orga...

The Netherlands The Food BV

08 November 2022

Where does our food come from? How is it produced? Where does it go? Photographer Kadir van Lohuizen shows the important role of the Netherlands in the global food system in the broadcast of VPRO tegenlicht. The Netherla...

Pure fruit juice producers oppose sugar tax

07 November 2022

There is a good chance that from 1 January 2023 the sugar tax will be increased. That means paying extra for soft drinks. With the aim that consumers will make a healthier choice. But this price increase does not always ...

Freshfel embarks on shadow PEFCR for fruit & vegetables

07 November 2022

Freshfel Europe alongside members is embarking on the development of a shadow Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for fruit and vegetables. The objective of the shadow PEFCR is to have a state-of-the-a...

New Oerlemans Plastics building festively opened

07 November 2022

On Friday 4 November 2022, Mayor Egbert Lichtenberg of the municipality of Altena opened the new building at Oerlemans Plastics. The production and construction team involved in the major project at De Rietdijk industria...

Levendig debat over eiwitbalans in COV Meat Café

07 November 2022

3 november 2022 vond het jaarlijkse COV Meat Café plaats. Ruim 50 genodigden uit agri en food debatteerden over de ideale eiwitbalans. Wie is waarvoor verantwoordelijk? Welke rol speelt de prijs bij de consument? Kun je ...

How product inspection reduces inflation impact

03 November 2022

Escalating manufacturing costs are proving a challenge to food manufacturers across Europe. Rob Rogers, Senior Advisor Food Safety & Regulation of Mettler-Toledo outlines how product inspection technology can help to mit...

10 ways to reduce manufacturing costs

03 November 2022

Under pressure from escalating production costs, food manufacturers are looking for ways to mitigate the global rise in inflation. Rob Rogers, Senior Advisor for Food Safety & Regulation of Mettler-Toledo outlines 10...

ING: Pressure on margins and volumes food industry in 2023

02 November 2022

Despite the recent sharp fall in wholesale gas and electricity prices, ING expects them to rise again next year. Without Russian gas, it is likely to become more difficult to fully fill gas reserves even in 2023. Energy-...