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Labor shortages push food industry towards robotics

Food manufacturers are heavily investing in robotics to address labor shortages. Robots can make production processes more efficient and improve working conditions, but their implementation is not straightforward. Raboba..

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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...

Checkmark logo ('Vinkje') removed

19 October 2018

As of 19 October 2018, manufacturers will no longer be allowed to use the 'Vinkje' in the Netherlands. The Dutch Consumers' Association is satisfied with the fact that the misleading logo will disappear on food packaging...

Arjen Vonk: Business Unit Director

19 October 2018

Arjen Vonk will become Offerman's new Business Unit Director per 1 January 2019. He succeeds Maarten Elsinga, who leaves Ter Beke and returns to Zwanenberg Food Group. Arjen Vonk (49) joined Zwanenberg in 2015 and has...

Healthier meat range at Jumbo

18 October 2018

Jumbo has significantly reduced the amount of salt in its fresh meat products. Hundreds of popular products - from hamburgers, bacon slices and saté skewers to sausages, minced meat and slavery - have been scrutinised. T...

Maarten Elsinga: new CEO Zwanenberg

17 October 2018

Maarten Elsinga will join Zwanenberg Food Group in Almelo on 1 January 2019 as Chief Executive Officer of Zwanenberg Nederland. He will also be a board member of Zwanenberg Holding. Jeannette van den Ingh and Coert Be...

Food and online sales are growing rapidly

17 October 2018

According to Statistics Netherlands, retail turnover in August 2018 was 3.4 percent higher than in August 2017. The sales volume grew by 3.2 percent. Both the food sector and the non-food sector achieved higher turnover....

Food production cause of natural loss

17 October 2018

91 percent of Dutch people do not know that food production is the biggest cause of nature loss worldwide. This is the conclusion of a study published by the World Wildlife Fund on World Food Day (16 October). This aware...

Group of Butchers acquires Hartmann

17 October 2018

Group of Butchers, the Dutch supplier of high-quality meat and mince-based products in which Equistone Partners Europe acquired a majority stake in January 2017, announced the acquisition of Hartmann GmbH, a leading fami...

Robots and reducing food waste

17 October 2018

Robotisation can reduce food waste. Robots can compensate for labour shortages in the food sector. Despite challenges, the food industry is ready for robots. Big data and artificial intelligence pave the way for robot...

Dutch veal to China

16 October 2018

The VanDrie Group's subsidiary organisation, Ekro, was the first European veal abattoir to receive approval to export veal products to China. This is a breakthrough in the 17-year negotiation process on the export of Dut...

TiFN delivers 200 PhD’s in food sector

16 October 2018

12 oktober 2018 slaagde TiFN haar 200ste promovendus kandidaad. Mariya Tarazanova is, net als al deze jonge innovatoren, opgeleid om de kloof tussen wetenschap en industrie te overbruggen. Het proefschrift dat Mariya Tar...

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...

Launch of the FNLI Award

16 October 2018

The FNLI has launched a new prize at its annual meeting: the FNLI Award. The Front Runner Prize of the food industry! This prize will be awarded for the first time in 2019. The FNLI Award rewards the best initiative or p...

Empack and Logistics & Distribution

15 October 2018

1 big event, 2 halls. On 3 & 4 October Brussels Expo was the place to be for the packaging sector but also for the logistics and distribution sector. The combination between Empack and Logistics & Distribution wa...

Vendrig in a 'fresh coating'

15 October 2018

Vendrig makes a fresh start. With a new corporate identity, slogan, website and a new logo, the family business from IJsselstein wants to communicate more clearly to the public what it stands for. Vendrig provides wor...