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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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Animal welfare code is the finishing touch

23 February 2021

In order to further improve animal welfare at slaughterhouses, the Central Organization for the Meat Industry (COV) has drawn up the "Code for Animal Welfare at the Slaughterhouse". In addition to all current measures, t...

Micro-organisms convert organic waste into fatty acids

22 February 2021

From peanut butter and chocolate to shampoo and detergent: many products contain fatty acids and oils. Usually these are produced from non-sustainable sources such as fossil fuels or palm oil. In a new public-private pro...

End of cold calls in sight

19 February 2021

Without explicit permission, you will soon be prohibited from calling natural persons and therefore also from calling sole proprietors, partnerships and corporations. On February 9, 2021, the Senate approved "this bill t...

Axitour enables guided tours 'at a distance'

19 February 2021

Because of the coronavirus we are living in the 1.5 meter society. This makes guiding people around a location or during an event difficult and with the current lockdown it is even impossible. Axitour, a provider of comm...

ROOTS: 'high demand for offices for start-ups'

19 February 2021

ROOTS Innovation Hub, the location for start-ups on the World Food Center site, is celebrating its first anniversary. Despite the corona crisis, ROOTS has welcomed no less than 25 young companies in the past 12 months. T...

Corona creates divide in food sector

17 February 2021

The corona crisis is having a major impact on the food sector, according to ABN AMRO's Food Sector Forecasts 2021/2022. A dichotomy is visible within the sector between entrepreneurs who are benefiting from the social ch...

Tony's Chocolonely not slave-free after all

16 February 2021

Tony's Chocolonely is no longer on the list of companies making slave-free chocolate. The American organization Slave Free Chocolate removed the Dutch chocolate maker because it collaborates with a large producer that us...

DEEN supermarkets on display

16 February 2021

DEEN reached an agreement with Albert Heijn, Vomar Voordeelmarkt and DekaMarkt about the intention to sell all 80 stores of DEEN Supermarkten to these three parties. The intention is that of the 80 stores, 39 will receiv...

Dutch fisheries are becoming more sustainable

16 February 2021

Approximately 80% of the Dutch fishery participates in the MSC program for sustainable fishing. And once recognized by the MSC label, fisheries continue to work towards further sustainability. This is shown in the report...

Hoe u maximaal resultaat realiseert

15 February 2021

Uitval, productiefouten, te hoog energieverbruik, handmatige productieorders, ondeugdelijke traceerbaarheid, grip en inzicht op proces. Zomaar een rijtje frustraties en risico’s die iedereen herkent bij een productieproc...

7 European countries want to ease Nutri-Score usage

15 February 2021

The competent authorities of Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland announce an internationally coordinated cooperation to facilitate the use of the Nutri-Score nutrition label on th...

German trust in Dutch food demands attention

12 February 2021

A majority of German consumers trust that imported food from the Netherlands is safe, according to research by ABN AMRO, conducted by Panelwizard. That confidence is lower when it comes to how sustainably these products ...

UK wants health certificate for dairy imports

11 February 2021

Dutch dairy products must carry a health certificate to be allowed into the UK from 1 April. Active enforcement and monitoring on the British side of the border starts from 1 July.  Waiting days The veterinary...

Earlier retirement in meat sector

11 February 2021

COV, FNV and CNV have agreed for years that for employees in a production function ('Meat in the hands') continuing to work until the retirement age is (too) difficult. The social partners are pleased that the terms of t...

SGF calls for legislation on healthier food and drink

11 February 2021

82% of Dutch people think it is important to make processed food healthier. They think that soft drinks with lots of sugar should become more expensive (63%) and 72% say there should be a ban on advertising unhealthy foo...