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Press release: Freshfel Policy Event stimulates sector to re-think consumption of fruit and vegetables
The full press release can be downloaded in Pdf here. Freshfel’s activities for the past year can be found in the Activity Report that was launched during the Annual Policy event as well, which can be found here. Freshfel Europe stimulates sector to re-think...
Joint Press Release: Our favourite fruits, vegetables, nuts and many more are at risk
This Joint Press Release can be found here. 24 June 2015 Our favourite fruits, vegetables, nuts and many more are at risk. Yesterday, MEP Anthea McIntyre along with the Agri‐food chain Roundtable for Plant Protection, consisting of 19 EU associations, hosted an event...
New Freshfel Consumption Monitor shows slight recovery in consumption, although overall trend remains downward
You can download the full press release in PDF form by clicking here. Freshfel Europe has released its latest edition of the Freshfel Consumption Monitor which analyses the production, trade and consumption trends for fresh fruit and vegetables in the EU-28. The...
Save the EU School Fruit Scheme: Better Regulation must not be put ahead of children’s health
You can download the full press release in PDF form by clicking here. The European Commission may be planning to abandon (1) the EU School Fruit Scheme (SFS), a programme that provides fruit and vegetables and promotes healthy eating habits to more than 8.6 million...
Fresh produce sector meets in Brussels to discuss priorities for the future
You can download the full press release in PDF form by clicking here. The fresh produce sector is now more than ever looking at ways to increase fruit & veg consumption in the EU and find alternative export markets for fresh fruit and vegetables. At the Annual...
New Freshfel Consumption Monitor shows further decline in consumption, increase in exports
You can download the full press release in PDF form by clicking here. Freshfel Europe has released the latest edition of the Freshfel Consumption Monitor which analyses the production, trade and consumption trends in the EU28. The analysis of the latest available data...
Freshfel welcomes new framework for EU promotion programmes
You can download the full press release in PDF form by clicking here. Freshfel Europe, the European fresh fruit and vegetable association, welcomes the adoption by the European Parliament of the new framework for the promotion of agricultural products. The...
Unified EU Programme to boost children´s fruit, vegetables and milk consumption?
You can download the full press release in PDF form by clicking here. Following the publication of the Commission’s legislative proposal for the merger of the School Fruit Scheme (SFS) and the School Milk Scheme (SMS) (1), and while welcoming the Commission’s...
EU fruit and vegetable sector launches task force to coordinate participation in European research and innovation projects
To download this press release in PDF form, please click here The European fruit and vegetable sector is ready for the European Innovation Partnerships (EIP) and the new Horizon 2020 policy. These were recently started by the European Commission to stimulate research...
New policy approaches to increase fresh fruit and vegetable consumption
You can download the press release as a PDF document here. Food and nutrition experts urged European decision makers for a novel approach to agriculture and food policies as existing ones are currently inappropriate to translate the recognised beneficial assets of...
