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USDA Invests $9.4 Million in Compost and Food Waste Reduction Projects

07-Feb-2023

The Compost and Food Waste Reduction (CFWR) cooperative agreements, which are funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, are part of USDA’s broad support for urban agriculture through its Office of Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production (OUAIP). The projects will be implemented between 2023 and ...

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Putin complains of obstruction of Russian fertilizer and food exports

04-Jul-2022

The Kremlin has once again blamed Western countries for rising global food prices, pointing to problems with fertilizer and food exports. Formally, the West has not imposed trade restrictions on Russian fertilizer and food, "but the owners of companies producing fertilizer and even their family ...

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G7 wants to curb food price increases - famine threatens

17-May-2022

Keeping markets open, getting grain supplies blocked by Russia out of Ukraine and avoiding hoarding - that's how the G7 group of leading democratic industrialized nations wants to curb the rise in food prices. "All of us together, especially the major exporting nations, also have a responsibility ...

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USDA to permanently boost food stamp benefits by 25 percent

16-Aug-2021

The Biden administration has approved a significant and permanent increase in the levels of food stamp assistance available to needy families_the largest single increase in the program's history. Starting in October, average benefits for food stamps (officially known as the SNAP program) will ...

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Israel vows to 'act aggressively' against Ben & Jerry's

22-Jul-2021

Israel's prime minister vowed Tuesday to "act aggressively'' against the decision by Ben & Jerry's to stop selling its ice cream in Israeli-occupied territories, as the country's ambassador to the U.S. urged dozens of state governors to punish the company under anti-boycott laws.The strong ...

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Fighting childhood obesity: London restricts TV advertising

28-Jun-2021

In the fight against childhood obesity, the British government is tightening the rules for TV and online advertising. From 2023 onwards it will no longer be allowed to advertise foods with high fat, salt and sugar content on television between 9 p.m. and 5.30 a.m. and companies will no longer be ...

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Sesame Labeling Becomes Law

Bill introduced, passed and signed into law within the Biden-Harris Administration's first 100 days

27-Apr-2021

President Joseph R. Biden today signed into law a monumental new food allergy bill requiring that sesame – to which nearly 1.6 million Americans are allergic – be labeled on all packaged foods beginning January 1, 2023 and that food allergy research be given greater priority by the federal ...

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Antitrust: Commission opens formal investigation into possible trade restrictions by Mondelēz

02-Feb-2021

The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation to assess whether Mondelēz has restricted competition in a range of national markets for chocolate, biscuits and coffee by hindering the cross-border trade of these products between EU Member States, which would be in breach of ...

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The veggie burger gets to keep its name

EU Parliament rejects ban on meat names for veggie products

26-Oct-2020

It was about the veggie sausage: According to the will of the European Parliament, vegetable meat substitutes should continue to be allowed to bear designations such as "steak", "burger" or other animal-like names. The EU Parliament rejected a corresponding bill on Friday. A compromise draft, ...

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Now it's about the veggie sausage

Veggie products: EU Parliament decides on ban on labelling

23-Oct-2020

On Friday, the European Parliament will vote on a draft law that would ban the use of animal-sounding names for plant-based foods. The possibility for manufacturers to call their meat substitutes soya schnitzel or tofu burgers would be a thing of the past - but the project is viewed with ...

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