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Study reveals the extent of wasted food from US refrigerators

29 August 2019 | By Sam Mehmet (New Food)

A new study from the Ohio State University has found that Americans discard of a lot more food than they realise, due to aspects such as ambiguous date labels on packages.

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Could frozen foods help reduce food waste?

29 August 2019 | By Darcy Simonis - Industry Network Leader for ABB’s Food and Beverage

With more than one billion tonnes of food wasted every year and a growing global population, devising ways to combat food waste is of the utmost important. Darcy Simonis, Food and Beverage Segment Network Leader at ABB, believes frozen foods hold the answer.

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Stability for food prices worldwide in December 2018, according to FAO Food Price Index

15 January 2019 | By New Food

Declining sugar and dairy quotations offset by rising international cereal prices.

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FAO and NDB to join forces in bid to achieve 2030 Agenda

5 November 2018 | By New Food

Organisations increase their joint efforts to help countries achieve FAO's Sustainable Development Goals

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Outbreak of African Swine Fever threatens to spread

4 September 2018 | By New Food

The Food and Agriculture Organization has warned how the current outbreak of African swine fever could easily spread.