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A Practical & Understandable Food Quality Manual For Small Processors

While it is true that the food quality requirements that will apply to your business are a function of your consumer and the local regulations, this manual written for Romania within the context of the EU market, offers a very useful view of food hygiene and safety for small processors.

from: Fundatia-Adept (click image for [...]

The return of the “curvy cucumber and the knobbly carrot” to EU supermarkets.

Consumers in Europe are likely to increasingly see fruit and vegetables with less than perfect appearance (the so called “wonky” produce) on their supermarket shelves from July 2009 as the EU tries to reduce its bureaucracy

 

Vegetables

 

Attractive and wholesome fruit and vegetables like these feed the world but have, over [...]

Baobab approved in EU – notes on the Novel Food Process

The European Union has approved Baobab Pulp as a food processing ingredient under the EU’s novel food legislation.

from: BBC News (click image for full story online)

 

two other links

African Agriculture – Baobab extract approved in EU ingredients market

Food Navigator – Baobab – newest kid on the novel foods block

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Centre for the Promotion of Exports from Developing Countries (CBI)

The Centre for the Promotion of Exports from Developing Countries (CBI) is established by the EU to facilitate importers from Developing Countries.

While its focus is wide it does have specific focuses on Food Ingredients, Organic Foods, Fresh Fruit and Vegetables, Preserved Fruit and Vegetables etc. Within these sections there are detailed market [...]