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OLIVER MIRZA, CEO DR OETKER INDIA, SAYS HIS COMPANY WILL MAINTAIN STRATEGY OF PROMOTING ENJOYABLE FOOD



High on the agenda of Dr Oetker India managing director and chief executive officer Oliver Mirza is making India a major production hub, not just for manufacturing packaged foods scoring sales in India’s growing markets, but also for exports.

In a wide-ranging interview with just-food on the sidelines of the India Food Forum, staged in Mumbai last month (January 17-19), Mirza said that by 2020, Dr Oetker India was targeting sales of Indian Rupees INR10 billion (USD155 million) of which its sub-brand FunFoods will account for INR5 billion (USD 77.50 million).…

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WELSH LIVESTOCK FARMERS FEAR SERIOUS THREATS FROM BREXIT



SHEEP farmers in Wales face “an extremely difficult future” after Brexit, if the UK government fails to negotiate a trade deal that secures tariff-free access to key European Union (EU) export markets, a leading trade body has warned.

Gwyn Howells, chief executive of Hybu Cig Cymru (HCC), the trade association responsible for promoting Welsh red meat, told Global Meat News that sheep meat reared in Wales stands to be one of the biggest losers from a Brexit settlement that does not include a free trade agreement (FTA) with the rest of the EU.…

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DRONES MAYBE THE FOCUS OF INITIAL CIRCULAR RUNWAY TESTS



THE CONCEPT of building circular runways with a slight camber to keep planes on the ground as they land and take-off, has received significant attention, but is the idea a practical solution to airport capacity problems? Practical tests on the idea are being discussed, with their use for drones rather than piloted planes maybe being the focus of initial assessments and prototypes.…

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AFRICAN SWINE FEVER CASES ARE STILL COMMON IN RUSSIA AND THE REGION, AT-RISK EU COUNTRIES ARE TAKING MEASURES



Cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) are still very common in Russia, despite its continued ban on European Union (EU) pigmeat exports, imposed since January 2014 following a handful of cases in Poland and Lithuania. While outbreaks have continued in the EU, Russia – whose ban was imposed on live pigs, pork and pig products over fears importing ASF-infected meat and livestock, has from last July (2017) to today (January 30) notified to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) around 2,800 ASF cases of domestic pigs, and 90 cases in wild boars.…

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EU FINANCIAL WATCHDOG WILL ASSESS IF EUROPEAN ANIMAL WELFARE POLICY IS EFFECTIVE



A DETAILED review of whether the European Union’s (EU) comprehensive animal welfare efforts are proving effective is to be staged by the EU’s financial watchdog, the Court of Auditors, this year.

The court has announced it will be sending experts to Romania, Poland, France, Italy and Germany, as part of its policy audit, with a report expected to be released by December (2018).…

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WESTERN COUNTRIES INTRODUCING DPAS 25 YEARS AFTER USA – BUT CAUTION ABOUNDS IN ROLL-OUT



DEFERRED Prosecution Agreements (DPAs), that allow companies and individuals that admit to wrongdoing and cooperate with investigators to pay a fine and avoid prosecution, are becoming increasingly common worldwide. Enabling wrongdoers to avoid being debarred from bidding for many contracts and providing law enforcers with a commitment that companies and individual fraudsters will avoid fraud in future, DPAs offer benefits for police and suspects.…

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RUSSIA TO INVEST USD200 MILLION IN BOOSTING DAIRY CATTLE BREEDING



RUSSIA’S ministry of agriculture is planning to invest up to USD200 million this year and next (2018-2019) in developing breeding stock and systems for the country’s dairy cattle industry. According to a ministry spokesperson, these plans will be implemented by experts at the ministry department of livestock, as well as some leading Russian research institutions in cattle genetics, although specific participants will be announced later this year.…

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NEW CONSUMER HABITS CONTINUE TO SHAKE UP ITALY’S BPC MARKET



MERGERS and acquisitions are always motors of change in the beauty and personal care product sector, and 2017 saw some significant shifts in the key Italian industry. Important acquisitions designed to extend product portfolios and boost market share included the move by Lombardy-based global leader in colour make-up and skincare Intercos to acquire leading contract manufacturer of skin-, hair- and body-care, Cosmint.  …

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EASTERN EUROPE’S INCREASINGLY MATURE MARKET POSTS MODEST GROWTH



AFTER years of slow growth since 2008, eastern Europe’s now mature cosmetics and personal care market has continued to show marginal gains in products sales in the past year, according to experts.

The region’s cosmetics and personal care products sales edged to USD23.67 billion in 2017 from USD21.74 billion in 2016, counting sales in Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Georgia.…

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PRESSURE GROWS ON GOVERNMENTS TO INTEGRATE LIVESTOCK WITHIN PARIS AGREEMENT-RELATED CLIMATE POLICIES



GOVERNMENTS are starting to develop anti-methane emission policies that could impact the meat and livestock industry as part of their response to the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change. World leaders who participated at November’s COP23 (conference of parties) climate summit in Bonn, Germany, were advised by a key investor group to reduce livestock methane if greenhouse gas emissions are to be tackled effectively.…

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