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Retail and food industries expect improved consumer sentiment and business activities following President Yoon's impeachment, anticipating stable raw material supply and potential consumption boost through supplementary budget.
#YonhapInfomax #ImpeachmentVerdict #ConsumerSentiment #RetailIndustry #FoodIndustry #SupplementaryBudget #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
en.infomaxai.com/news/articleV

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. told food industry leaders (like Kellogg's, Smucker's and General Mills) that he wants them to remove (all) artificial color additives from their products by the end of his time in office.

(that happened last Monday)

#USA #USGov #health #food #USPol #FoodIndustry #ProcessedFood

abcnews.go.com/Politics/rfk-jr

ABC News · RFK Jr. tells food leaders he wants artificial dyes removed from food products before he leaves officeBy Will McDuffie

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (aka Ben and Jerry) are reportedly in talks to buy back their namesake ice cream brand from Unilever. Two weeks ago the founders complained that their brand's parent company was silencing them on Trump. @quartz reports that Cohen and Greenfield "may seek to partner with investors who share their social values if any transaction is made, although details remain confidential." Unilever, however, told Bloomberg that the ice cream unit is “not for sale." Ben & Jerry's was founded in 1978 and known for its advocacy for racial equality, climate change action and LGBTQ rights. It was purchased by Unilever in 2000.

flip.it/QxqFqe

Quartz · Ben & Jerry’s founders eye a sweet deal to reclaim their brand from UnileverBy Francisco Velasquez
✨️Sneak Peek✨️ ⁠[01/15] Welcome to the south of Europe, an overwhelmingly beautiful region with a climate that is enviable. A place where affluent Northern Europeans buy homes to escape the cold, wet winters. Where the Rio Segura winds through the dry landscape as a lifeline. An ideal country, one might think. But this now applies only to areas along the river, where blooming citrus orchards form the backdrop. Climate change is leaving its mark. Rising temperatures and unpredictable rainfall have led to water shortages, affecting not only agriculture but also local communities.⁠ To be continued tomorrow. . . ⁠

Together with Arnold van Bruggen, I’m working in Spain to create a new chapter for our project The Europeans 2020–2030. Each chapter is created in two work periods of up to two weeks. Our first work period in Southeast Spain was last October. This Instagram series of 15 photos is accompanied by a continuous text story. Don’t hesitate to share your feedback to help us guide the focus for our second work period in April 2025!⁠

Special thanks to AADK Spain, European Cultural Foundation, Mondriaan Fonds, Fonds Anna Cornelis and to all patrons who support the project.⁠

#newwork #theeuropeans #spain #aadk #murcia #blanca #almeria #foodindustry #river #photography #landscapephotography #nature #segura #riosegura #water
#climatechange #globalwarming

#LongOverdue
#USA bans controversial red #food dye
"FDA determined as early as 1990 tt #Red3, whose #chemical name is #erythrosine, shld be #banned in cosmetics bec of its link to thyroid #cancer in male rats. However, the additive continued to be used in #foods, largely due to resistance fr the #foodindustry.. US has been #slow to act on #RD3 cf to oth major economies. #EU banned its use in 1994, with similar #prohibitions #enacted in #Japan, #China, UK, #Australia & NZ"
bangkokpost.com/world/2941052/

Bangkok Post · US bans controversial red food dyeBy AFP
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And this is the direct link to the report itself if you want to download it:

openknowledge.fao.org/items/5c

openknowledge.fao.orgThe State of Food and Agriculture 2024Uncovering the true cost of food is the first step in making agrifood systems more inclusive, resilient and sustainable. As The State of Food and Agriculture 2023 revealed, agrifood systems activities generate significant benefits for society, but also have negative impacts on economic, social and environmental sustainability. The quantified hidden costs of agrifood systems amount to around 10 percent of global gross domestic product. Therefore, strategic action is necessary, and all agrifood systems actors ‒ from producers and agribusinesses to consumers and governments ‒ have a crucial role to play.While transforming agrifood systems would yield a net global gain, the benefits and costs would be unevenly distributed among stakeholders and countries over time. The State of Food and Agriculture 2024 builds on the findings of the 2023 edition, delving deeper into the use of true cost accounting assessments of agrifood systems and identifying policy interventions aimed at transformation. Using updated global datasets, the report confirms previous estimates of the quantified hidden costs of agrifood systems and provides a detailed breakdown of the hidden costs associated with unhealthy dietary patterns and non-communicable diseases for 156 countries. These findings are analysed through the lens of six agrifood systems categories to take into account various outcomes and hidden costs that require different policy interventions. Case studies offering in-depth assessments of country, local and value chain contexts illustrate the economic, social and environmental impacts of current practices to guide policy interventions. Crucial to all contexts is the need for inclusive stakeholder consultations to inform interventions and reconcile power imbalances and trade-offs.