The new World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines to protect children from food marketing (“Policies to protect children from the harmful impact of food marketing”) recommend its member countries to implement appropriate policies to curb promotional messages of food and drinks
It is simple but not clear to all consumers how to recognize an organic food. For this reason, the AIAB (Italian Association of Organic Agriculture), on the occasion of the first European Organic Day on Friday, the 23rd of September, pointed
In the second half of 2023, the European Commission will submit a proposal to add the new genome “editing” techniques in the EU legislation. This was announced by the Commissioner, Janusz Wojciechowski, during the informal meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers
Assomela, which represents 58% of the organic apple production in Italy and about 17% of the entire European organic apple production, has been selected by the European Network for Rural Development (ENRD) as an expert member of the Organic Food
Organic farming allows a cut in energy consumption by a third by using less intensive techniques, short supply chains and the avoidance of synthetic chemical fertilizers produced with the use of gas. Organically farmed land in Italy has reached almost
The forecast data for the end of 2022 for the Italian organic sector (based on surveys updated at the end of last May) were previewed at Biofach on the afternoon of Wednesday, 27th July by AssoCertBio, the association founded in
ICEA brings to Nuremberg its experience as an accredited certification body, and concrete answers to the need of companies not to lag behind the demand for sustainability of the world market. The stand at Biofach (Hall 3A, Stand 313) presents
Maria Grazia Mammuccini was re-elected president of FederBio on 20th July in Bologna. This is her second three-year mandate at the helm of the largest Italian organic association. Maria Grazia Mammuccini produces organic wines in Tuscany. She announced that among the
“Organic wine represents an opportunity for Italian viticulture on the markets, which are increasingly attentive to sustainability, especially in a more general context of strong growth in exports of organic products made in Italy. Organic viticulture takes care of soil
If it says organic on the label, it must be organic on the inside. Constant controls and tests to guarantee the quality and food safety of organic products are the prerequisite for this. These basic tasks are in the hands of
