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Food labelling

Codex adopts 35 international food standards

11th Jul 2008

Thirty-five new international food standards were adopted during last week’s 31st session of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, including guidelines on the use of flavourings and gluten-free products.

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Waste Reduction through Innovation

11th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

UK’s Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) have invited food manufacturers to take part in a project aimed at waste reduction through innovation in food packaging technology.

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US turns to cooperation and certification for solutions

10th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The US Department of Health and Human Services announced a two part pilot project to help improve food safety.

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WRAP Business Plan 2008-2011

9th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The “resoure efficiency loop” is the key to WRAP’s four-year business plan.

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WRAP study on environmental recycling

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The most comprehensive assessment ever undertaken, this study, comissioned by WRAP, reviewed and analysed the best Life Cycle Analysis studies from all around the world evaluating the environmental impacts of recycling compared to incineration or landfilling for seven of the most commonly recycled materials.

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India sets up Food Safety and Standards Authority

8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India will be set up by the end of July, 2008 while the first set of food safety norms may come out within the next two months, according an Indian Government official.

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Sustainable action greening supply chain

3rd Jul 2008

A report this week from Danisco on its waste and energy saving initiatives and a US dairy industry-wide action plan on carbon emissions.

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Carbon Labelling Report Podcast

3rd Jul 2008

This special edition podcast was recorded at the launch of a new report on carbon labelling, Check-out Carbon.

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Check-out carbon: the role of carbon labelling in delivering a low-carbon shopping basket

3rd Jul 2008

Check-out Carbon, published by sustainable development charity Forum for the Future, also reveals that 77 per cent of consumers want the government to set higher environmental product standards.

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Forum for the Future’s new report: Check out Carbon

2nd Jul 2008

Forum for the Future’s new report, sponsored by Lloyd’s Register, entitled Check-out Carbon, released.

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Climate Change

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The Supply Chain Assurance section covers news, blogs, podcasts, standards, events and resources on supply chain issues.

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Food

The Food section focuses on issues of food safety and the food supply chain, and provides news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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CSR

The Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) section focuses on current CSR issues which face all companies all over the world. This information is provided to you via six sections: news, blog posts, podcasts, resources, standards and events.

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Product Conformity

The Product Conformity section contains news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and resources covering Product Conformity and other European Union related issues.

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Carbon Labelling

The Carbon Labelling section was launched in sync with the Check-out Carbon report, June 2008. The section contains information on news, blogs, podcasts, events, standards and other carbon labelling resources.

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