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Schouten Sorting Equipment BV highlights a range of potato handling solutions at the Interpom | Primeurs.

Van Antwerpen Milieutechniek BV showcase their water treatment technology at the Interpom | Primeurs.

The French machinery manufacturer and equipment integrator Group Euro-Direct shows a range of potato handling solutions at the Interpom| Primeurs.

The Danish government has said it intends to abolish a tax on foods which are high in saturated fats.

The 16th edition of INTERPOM PRIMEURS will be held from Sunday 25 to Tuesday 27 November 2012 in Kortrijk Xpo (Belgium). With the new record number of 255 exhibitors and the entire filling of the exhibition complex at Kortrijk Xpo, INTERPOM PRIMEURS ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 213 points in October 2012, down 2 points (1 percent) from September. The decline is largely due to reduced international prices of cereals and oils/fats which more than offset increases in sugar and dairy prices while...

The Belgapom price for potatoes for processing (Bintje) established weekly in Belgium last friday hit its highest level of this year. The price was over ten times the price last year. "The Belgapom quotation is the most frequently used price obs...

Potato seed supplies are unlikely to be interrupted this year despite the problematic conditions experienced by growers. That is according to Potato Council head of seed and export, Rob Burns.

Ekko Holding ApS (EKKO), based in Vejle Denmark, has acquired 100 percent of the shares in Oy FORMIT Foodprocessing Ab (FORMIT), based in Finland on Oktober 10, 2012.

Stefan Ranstrand, President and CEO of TOMRA (Odenberg, BEST) spoke at this year’s TEDxOslo conference about the Resource Revolution, and how we need to take action to solve the challenges ahead.

El cambio climático puede variar la temperatura, cambiar los paisajes y, al parecer, también la dieta de las personas. Un grupo de expertos del Comité de Seguridad Alimentaria Mundial investigo el impacto del cambio climático de los 22 commodities m...

“Het winnen van de Food Valley Award is geweldig. We zijn nu in een fase beland dat het zo goed gaat dat we op zoek zijn naar partners en daar helpt het winnen van zo’n prijs enorm”, aldus Pim Lindhout, hoofd Research &Development Solynta.

Intake of foods high in acrylamide during pregnancy is associated with lower birth weight and smaller head circumference. This was revealed in an international study of the diet of 1,100 pregnant women and newborns from Denmark, England, Greece, Norway...

The food industry could be approaching a time when packaging will be completely eliminated from the supply chain, according to Olivia Milan-Grobois, business unit director, Sial Group.

In yesterday's Potato Weekly the Potato Council describes the lifting procgress of the 2012 potato crop: the potato harvest in the United Kingdom is still three weeks behind last season.

Last week McCain Foods and PinguinLutosa announced an agreement on the sale of the PinguinLutosa potato division. The Belgian Newspaper 'De Standaard' reveals how McCain Foods ended up the preferred buyer instead of Conagra Foods Lamb Weston.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published its annual update report on acrylamide levels in food in 25 European countries. Acrylamide is a chemical contaminant produced during food processing. The report covers the monitoring period 2007-2...

La ingesta de alimentos con alto contenido de acrilamida durante el embarazo se asocia con un peso inferior y una menor circunferencia de la cabeza en recién nacidos.