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Food For Life Finland annual seminar 2.9.2013!
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Data & Trends of the European Food and Drink Industry and Annual Report 2012
Today, FoodDrinkEurope, the body representing the interests of Europe’s food and drink manufacturers at the EU level, published its annual Data and Trends report for 2012 covering the latest statistical insights on Europe’s first manufacturing industry.
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The European Commission has approved 22 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries.
The total budget of the programmes, the large majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 71,94 million, of which the EU contributes € 35,97 million. The selected programmes cover olive oil, milk and milk products, meat, fresh and processed fruit and vegetables, organic products, eggs, wines and spirits and horticultural products, as well as quality products registered and protected as PDOs (Protected Designations of Origin), PGIs (Protected Geographical Indications) and TSGs (Traditional Speciality Guaranteed).
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Nordic Innovation launches an open funding programme
The Nordic Solved programme funds innovative products, processes, services, technologies and/or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and/or society. It is not aimed at a specific branch of the industry. It is neither restricted by a deadline, which allows Nordic Innovation to closely follow industry trends.
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Europe’s food operators welcome EU Single Market for Green Products
FoodDrinkEurope strongly supports a harmonised EU-wide science-based product and organisation environmental footprint methodology; food manufacturers believe that this approach will help to do business more sustainably and ensure the proper functioning of the Single Market.
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Food produced in Finland is the cleanest in Europe
The European Food Safety Authority, EFSA, has published a report on the pesticide content of food sold in Europe. According to the annual report, food produced in Finland is the cleanest in Europe.
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Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
FoodDrinkEurope works on behalf of SMEs and aims to develop the competitiveness of Europe’s food and drink industry.
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SUSFOOD is the acronym for SUStainable FOOD production and consumption.
The European transnational research cooperation project, consists of a network of 25 partners from 16 European countries. SUSFOOD will enhance collaboration and coordination between research programmes on sustainable food production and consumption. The first Call for proposals will start on February 2013.
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Food & Health Entrepreneurship Program
Food & Health Entrepreneurship Program (FHEP) is a one-week course open for international academic researchers and engineers working in the fields of nutrition and food science focused to move ahead the research to the food industry. The Program will be held in Barcelona, May 27-31, 2013. Read more.
100 Things to Watch in 2013
JWT presents 100 things to watch in 2013
Nordic Growth Entrepreneurship Review 2012
New study analyzes and compares growth entrepreneurship in the Nordic region.
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ETP Strategic Research Agenda 2013-2020
On Thursday 20 September, the European Technology Platform (ETP) ‘Food for Life’ launched its new Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA) which places a renewed emphasis on innovation.
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Scientists of the food processing industry in the Baltic Sea Region met for the baltfood R&D Network Conference
From 10th until 11th of November 2011 35 representatives of scientific institutions in the Baltic Sea Region held a meeting in Lübeck. The target of the INTERREG IV B-project baltfood was to successfully strengthen the position of the food processing industry in the Baltic Sea Region and to exhaust synergies in the branch.
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Second International Symposium on Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages
GF10 will be held in Tampere, Finland, on 8-11 June 2010. This symposium follows the inaugural event held in Cork, Ireland, in 2007. Also visit the International Coeliac Fair on 11-12 June 2010.
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New EU-project on Food Models: EU DREAM
The new EU-project DREAM had its kick-off meeting in Nantes, France in the end of May 2009. The full name of the four-year project is "Design and development of realistic food models with well-characterised micro- and macro-structure and composition", and it aims at developing four different food models to be used as standards that can be exploited across all major food categories to facilitate risk assessment and nutritional quality for food research and industry.
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SRE - Promoting Finnish Food Culture
The promotion programme for Finnish food culture is a Government programme whose implementation is the responsibility of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. The aim of the programme is to raise the appreciation of Finnish food.
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The Baltic Sea Region Food Cluster: Innovation and Competitiveness in Action
The food industry has developed into a highly competitive and strong industrial sector within the Baltic Sea Region (BSR). Emerging trends like more demanding consumers, changing functionality of food, a concentration process in the retail sector and shorter product lifecycles, however, require a constant technological evolution. In this regard various deficits within the SME sector were identified: late recognition of food trends; low conversion of scientific findings into marketable food products or below average innovation rates.
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