June 19, 2013

Trend Watch 2013: Nutrition Labels, Food Safety, and the Farm Bill

Exporters and importers should plan for major changes in FDA regulations for nutritional labeling, health claims, food safety and the import of olive oil in the coming year. The agency is under intense pressure by consumer advocacy groups and the media to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and revise the standards of the Nutritional Labeling and Education Act (NLEA). It is likely, that exporters and importers will face greater scr ... » read more...

Resistance against GMOs grows in US

Since the early 1990s, genetically modified food ingredients (GMO) have been part of the American diet. The practice of splicing different genes into plants and vegetables to make them resistant to herbicides and pesticides started in California with tomatoes. By the mid nineties, the use of genetic modification was common for corn and soybeans, which are base ingredients for cattle feed as well as human food. It is safe to say that today, over 9 ... » read more...

Collaborative Promotions with CMA

The Cooperative Marketing Alliance (CMA) is an initiative created by German Foods North America to bring together a group of leading US importers of European food and beverages and their export partners. Members of the Alliance pool their resources for collaborative promotions and marketing programs across categories, channels and selling seasons, thereby achieving cost efficiencies and faster market growth ..." » read more...

Promote Your Brand on Our Site

Our website has been online for more than ten years and traffic has grown to close to 400,000 unique visitors per year. In order to keep the website content relevant, interesting and informative, we now offer compatible advertisers the opportunity to reach our trade and consumer audience with ads, coupons, product news, product listings, or event announcements ..." » read more...