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Food

Coca-Cola Enterprises releases 3rd CRS Report

– 1st Aug 2008

Coca-Cola Enterprises (NYSE:CCE), the world’s largest marketer, distributor, and producer of Coca-Cola products, has published its third company-wide Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability (CRS) Report, Shape Tomorrow…Today.

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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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CIES Supply Chain 2008

Event: 9th Oct 2008 – 10th Oct 2008 by Sarah Whitworth

At the event, practical case studies based on real experiences are presented by the speakers representing retailers and manufacturers.

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WRAP Food Waste Report

– 8th Jul 2008 by Alex Briggs

In the UK we throw away 6.7 million tonnes of food every year, roughly a third of everything we buy.
This ground-breaking report was launched on 8 May 2008.
It provides, for the first time, an objective assessment of the amounts and types of food we buy but don’t eat.
It is a call to action for government, retailers, food manufacturers, NGOs and all of us, in our role as consumers, to reduce the food we waste.

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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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