“Food and energy crisis alarm. Investing in bilateral agreements with Maghreb countries to guarantee supplies and security "" The war in Ukraine places Italy, and the European Union as a whole, in front of one of the most serious humanitarian, security, energy, economic crises, but above all food crises. According to FAO, 13 million more people could go hungry among [...]
read moreNegotiations for the export of Italian rice to China concluded: the Italian Embassy in Beijing announced today that all the Italian rice mills that had requested to export to China have been authorized by the competent Chinese authorities, applying the protocol signed between the two parts on 8 April 2020. With this last step, it is finally concluded [...]
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Bellanova and Patuanelli: "Go ahead with transparency, mandatory origin is needed for all foods in Europe" The obligation to indicate the origin of wheat for durum wheat pasta, the origin of rice, has been extended until 31 December 2021 and tomato in processed products. The Ministers of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies, Teresa Bellanova, [...]
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MIPAAF, Bellanova writes to Hogan: "automatic insertion of rice in the list of products excluded from export benefits" "Pay maximum attention to the issue" and, above all, "provide for a clause that establishes the automatic insertion of rice" in the list Cambodian products (including textiles, shoes, sugar, etc.) to be excluded from export benefits (zero duties) under [...]
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Why pregnant women need to limit their rice intake! European alert from the Belgian Ministry of Health Pregnant women should limit the consumption of rice and rice-based foods, which contain inorganic arsenic, to prevent placental transfer for the fetus, the Belgian Supreme Council of Health (CSS) recommended Monday in a [...]
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“It is an important result that recognizes to our country the economic damage caused by zero-duty imports from Cambodia and Burma and also the great work we are carrying out in support of a sector that has been penalized for too long. We have lost over 50% of the area invested for cultivation. Not […]
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The proposal presented by the Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry and Tourism Policies Gian Marco Centinaio was approved yesterday by the State-Regions Conference, which increases the value of the coupled payment envisaged by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in favor of beet from sugar, rice and durum wheat. Undersecretary Franco was present at the meeting [...]
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The Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies announces the obligation to indicate the origin of the raw material on the label for rice and pasta. In fact, the decrees signed by the Ministers Maurizio Martina and Carlo Calenda which allow consumers to know the place where the wheat is grown [...]
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The Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies announces that, subject to the positive opinion of the Chambers and the State-Regions Conference, the legislative decree containing provisions concerning the internal market for rice has been definitively approved today by the Council of Ministers, in implementation of delegation provided by the Agriculture Associate. "Let's kick off a [...]
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