Partners include Arla Foods, PRAN Dairy, Solidaridad Network Asia, IDRN-Bangladesh Agricultural University, SEGES Innovation, and The Danish Agriculture & Food Council Danida Green Business Partnership under the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs funds an innovative dairy project in Bangladesh titled “Green Dairy Partnership in Bangladesh – creating a Sustainable and[Read More…]
Sustainability
Major ingredient players unite to support sustainable farming
Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, BENEO and Puratos collaborate with Belgian farmers to launch a joint climate farming project Raffinerie Tirlemontoise, a beet sugar producer, BENEO, a leading manufacturer of functional ingredients, and Puratos, a global leader in bakery, patisserie, and chocolate ingredients, have joined forces to launch a pioneering Climate Farming Project.[Read More…]
Primerdesign launches real-time PCR kit for onsite detection of norovirus in oysters
Norovirus is a major cause of viral gastroenteritis and foodborne transmission is responsible for an estimated 16 per cent of cases in the UK Primerdesign (part of the Novacyt Group), a company focusing on the design, manufacture, validation and supply of real-time PCR kits and reagents, launched the genesig Easy[Read More…]
Australia’s Casella Family Brand partner with Trinasolar
The solar farm also marks a paradigm shift as it’s the first in the entire Asia Pacific region to fully integrate Vanguard 2P trackers with these large format low voltage 650-655W modules Trinasolar, a global leader in smart PV and energy storage solutions, has partnered with Casella Family Brands, one of Australia’s largest family-owned[Read More…]
Australia strengthens food and grocery code
It aims to address anti-competitive behaviour in the supermarket sector and ensure fairer prices for consumers The Australian government is taking steps to strengthen the Food and Grocery Code of Conduct. This follows a recent independent review of the Code as part of a broad crackdown on anti-competitive behaviour in[Read More…]
FCUP researchers invest health benefits of edible flowers
As part of the project, the FCUP team will study how the components of these flowers are absorbed by the body through tests on cells that mimic those of the stomach and intestine Researchers from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP) are investigating the health benefits[Read More…]
Nestlé uses traceable cocoa ingredients in all UK-made chocolate
Nestlé has collaborated with several expert partners and suppliers to transform its global cocoa sourcing and achieve full traceability and physical segregation of the cocoa sourced from its income accelerator programme Nestlé’s favourite chocolate brands made in the UK, including KitKat, Quality Street, Aero, After Eight, Yorkie, Rolo and Munchies, are now using cocoa mass guaranteed to have[Read More…]
FishWise and GDST partner to advance electronic seafood traceability
The newly announced partnership aims to promote the implementation of interoperable, digitised traceability systems and the adoption of the GDST standard across public and private sectors FishWise, a sustainable seafood consultancy, and the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST), the industry standard for digitally interoperable traceability in seafood, have forged[Read More…]
Danone, DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France jointly to create a biotechnology platform
With an investment of over 16 million euros in the first phase, the industrial and technological platform will be located in Clermont-Ferrand within the Parc Cataroux Center for Sustainable Materials Danone, DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France join forces to create a cutting-edge biotechnology platform. Two major French industrial leaders[Read More…]
Chivas Brothers partners with Bairds Malt for sustainable production
The Scotch whisky producer partners with Scottish barley growers, fostering sharing and collaboration to reduce its carbon footprint and help future-proof the industry Chivas Brothers, the Pernod Ricard business dedicated to Scotch whisky and makers of Chivas Regal and Aberlour, announces a new agriculture programme supporting sustainable farming practices among[Read More…]
