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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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Food industry turnover rose 19.6 per cent

20 September 2022

Food industry turnover rose 19.6 per cent in July this year compared to July last year. At the beginning of July this year, three quarters of food industry entrepreneurs did suffer from production constraints and that nu...

Butchers closures due to high energy prices

20 September 2022

Almost 75% of Koninklijke Nederlandse Slagers (KNS) member butchers are suffering from extremely high energy prices, a member survey shows. Healthy butchers' businesses can hardly continue their operations as a result. T...

Major problems for the food industry

19 September 2022

Sharply rising costs and high uncertainty on the sales side are creating extraordinary times in the food industry. In the short term, inflation and a possible recession are the main strategic issues for many food entrepr...

New Commission Notice allergen cross-contamination

16 September 2022

The European Commission has issued clarification on preventing cross-contamination with allergens. The practical guide shows that cross-contamination cannot always be prevented and the legal requirements should therefore...

Transition in packaging at Empack and FachPack

14 September 2022

Sustainability is demanded not only by the law but also by consumers - and this is causing profound changes in the food industry. Covid-19 has put a focus on the hygiene aspect of product protection. The theme "transitio...

New at HAS: Plant proteins workshop

14 September 2022

HAS green academy is organising the Plant proteins workshop for the first time on Thursday 24 November 2022. The reason for this is the increasing demand from both the food industry and consumers for products containing ...

new recycling programme for paper cups in Europe

14 September 2022

Huhtamaki and Stora Enso have joined forces to launch a new paper cup recycling initiative, The Cup Collective. The programme, which is the first of its kind in Europe, aims to recycle and capture the value of used paper...

EU aims for only deforestation-free products

14 September 2022

To fight global climate change and biodiversity loss, the European Parliament demands companies ensure that products sold in the EU do not come from deforested or degraded land. The new law would make it obligatory fo...

Qlip sets out to guarantee dairy with Dutch origin

13 September 2022

The current milk market is in a state of turmoil. More and more milk or milk products of different origins are being processed into dairy products. The Dutch dairy sector notes that foreign dairy producers are increasing...

Drink cartons most sustainable way of packaging

13 September 2022

Trade association HEDRA ( consists of Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc) is speaking out following recent reports on the level of sustainability of beverage cartons. Inge Eggermont, director of HEDRA, says: "By using r...

Column Judith Witte: Richness of flavour

12 September 2022

There I was, after an exciting hiking, climbing and scrambling trip in the Alps, enjoying a "Hausgemachte" spaghetti bolognese. It tasted different than at home. In fact, had I ever eaten this simple dish as good as I di...

Zodiac printer matches perfectly with foil packaging

12 September 2022

The Zodiac TTO printer is ideal for printing on labels and (flexible) foils. In various foil packaging machines, such as flow packers (horizontal and vertical), tray seal machines and thermoformers, this printer prints t...

Proud of the meat sector: Passion to efficient marketing

12 September 2022

Put two original butchers together and the conversation soon turns to their passion for the butcher's profession and a good piece of meat. Passion that still shines through in their current jobs at Diviande and Sismatec:...

Have you ever seen them? Black spots?

12 September 2022

They are fungi. They are common in production areas. That is why sealants are regularly replaced. But after a while the black spots return. The solution is to keep the fungi at an absolute low level. But how do you do th...

Column Pieter Vos: Functional, fast, easy

12 September 2022

Food, water and air are primary necessities of life; we cannot exist without them. But there is more to food than its functional aspect. We regularly celebrate its sensory, emotional and cultural components. Eating and d...