News on Food Trends from Belgium

May 05, 2016

Time to sort out Food Waste, says TOMRA

Almost a third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten, leading to 1.3 billion tons of food waste each year. This includes around 45 per cent of all fruit and vegetables and 20 per cent of meat.

Europatat and Freshfel Europe’s First-Ever Combined Annual Event on 2 June 2016 in Brussels will look beyond “business as usual”

April 11, 2016

Europatat & Freshfel’s First-Ever Combined Event in June 2016 in Brussels looks beyond 'business as usual'

Europatat and Freshfel Europe will jointly celebrate their first common annual meeting on 2 June 2016 in Brussels.

Potato Processing Industry Belgium sets new Record

March 09, 2016

Potato Processing Industry Belgium sets a new Record

The remarkable growth of the Belgian potato-processing sector in the past few decades has continued in 2015.

February 04, 2016

No time to waste, says TOMRA Sorting Foods

In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) met to agree to reduce per capita food waste by half by 2030. TOMRA Sorting Food explains how their activities impact food waste

January 28, 2016

'Not business as usual!': Europatat Congress 2016 registration now open

The Europatat Congress 2016 will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on 1 & 2 June 2016, under the slogan “Not business as usual!”

January 11, 2016

New Agristo cold-store nears completion

In December Potato Processor Agristo completed a new phase in the construction of the new deepfreeze warehouse in Nazareth, the installation of the automated stacker cranes. Completion of the cold-store is planned for late March 2016

Advancements in automation and robotics are driving improvements in food manufacturing and processing

November 23, 2015

Advancements in automation and robotics are driving improvements in food processing

Continued advances in automation and robotics are making the global food manufacturing and processing industries safer, more efficient and able to deliver higher profits, according to TOMRA Sorting Food.

October 23, 2015

Discussing a fair and level global playing field for starch and derivates

EU and US negotiators were meeting this week in Miami, USA for the 11th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. Negotiations on tariffs and quotas could have serious implications – either positive or negative - for the agricultural and primary food transformation sector as markets would open up.

October 22, 2015

Agri food chain partners share best practices on implementation EU promotion policy for agri-food products

Celcaa, FoodDrinkEurope, SACAR and Copa and Cogeca held a high-level Seminar in Brussels today to
discuss the new EU promotion policy for agri-food products which is entering into force on 1 December

October 21, 2015

Joint farm-to-fork initiative against food waste in foodservice sector

With a value chain wide approach, McCain, PepsiCo, SCA, Sodexo, Ardo, Unilever Food Solutions and WWF have joined forces to fight against food waste in the food services sector starting in Europe.

August 20, 2015

Durable resistance to Late Blight requires Gene Stacking

Scientific results of the potato field trials in Flanders and the Netherlands demonstrate that gene stacking is necessary for a strong and lasting resistance to late blight (Phytophthora infestans).

System boundaries life cycle assessment starch industry: cradle to gate

May 27, 2015

New Life Cycle Assessment study on Starch Products published

Starch Europe published today the summary report of an updated Life Cycle Assessment study of the European Starch industry

April 21, 2015

Sweet Potatoes are Genetically Modified - by nature

Researchers from Ghent University and the International Potato Center have discovered that sweet potatoes naturally contain genes from a bacterium. Because of the presence of this 'foreign' DNA, sweet potato can be seen as a 'natural gmo'.

Romain Cools during the Interpom-Primeurs at the Inno Potato Award Ceremonies

January 04, 2015

Romain Cools (Belgapom) sees bright spots in the potato market

Romain Cools, secretary of the Belgian Potato Processors Association Belgapom expresses his views on the free potato market.

November 23, 2014

Mooij Agro reveals the Croptimiz-r storage computer with personalized store overview at Interpom | Primeurs

Mooij Agro reveals the Croptimiz-r storage computer with personalized overview of your store at Interpom | Primeurs.

Starch Europe, until October 15, 2014 called AAF (Association des Amidonniers et Féculiers)

October 24, 2014

Newly branded Starch Europe outlines how starch industry can contribute to EC targets

Starch Europe (formerly AAF, Association des Amidonniers et Féculiers) announced its support for the European Commission’s Communication for a European Industrial Renaissance at an event held in Brussels October 15.

September 29, 2014

Europatat appoints Raquel Izquierdo de Santiago as new Secretary General

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, announces the appointment of Raquel Izquierdo de Santiago as the new Secretary General of the association.

September 28, 2014

Pomuni acquires Potato Masters

Belgian Potato packer Pomuni has acquired its competitor Potato Masters in order to scale up operations in a stagnant European potato market [Update: no, they did not]

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