At the last European Platform meeting of FUSIONS, organised on 19 May 2016 in Brussels, EFFPA was invited to speak during the plenary panel discussion on how to reduce food waste. EFFPA President Paul Featherstone explained the basics of former foodstuff processing and how the sector contributes to the food chain circular economy. EFFPA has been involved […]
On 16 February EFFPA Board member Sigrid Pauwelyn participated in a breakout session on preventing and reducing food waste at the 2016 Circular Economy Conference in Brussels. She presented the solution animal feed can offer through former foodstuff processing, thereby keeping food losses in the food chain. Pauwelyn explained the typical reasons why former foodstuffs […]
EFFPA Welcomes Circular Economy Package European Commission proposes exclusion from the waste scope for former foodstuffs destined to animal feed On 2 December the European Commission published the long-awaited Communication on the Circular Economy. EFFPA is pleased to see that the Commission is set on unambiguously making clear that former foodstuffs destined to animal feed […]
At the Food Waste Conference of 15 October 2015 at the EXPO Milano, organised by the European Commission, Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis clearly underlined the importance of former foodstuff processors and the need to avoid waste classification of the animal feed resources used. In his speech EXPO Milano, Andriukaitis made the following statement: We are seeking to […]
Feed use of Former foodstuffs part of the solution to reduce food waste On 15 October the European Commission organised a high level conference at the EXPO Milano, in contribution to the search of EU food waste reduction solutions. Former foodstuff processors, with EFFPA as the representative body at EU level, already prevent an estimated […]
On 22 September 2015, at its 3rd General Assembly, EFFPA re-elected its President Paul Featherstone (UKFFPA) for another two years. Also the Vice-President, Kees van Gorp (VIDO), and the Treasurer, Sigrid Pauwelyn (TROTEC), will continue their roles as EFFPA representatives. The EFFPA Board members considered it of great importance that the representatives who helped to give […]
EFFPA has published its position on the food chain circular economy. This position was also submitted to the European Commission when EFFPA uploaded its contribution to the public consultation on the circular economy which ended on 20 August 2015. In its comments to the European Commission, EFFPA expressed its support for the inclusion of a […]
The European Commission received a lot of criticism after its announcement in November 2014 to redraft a more ambitious circular economy strategy. The case of valorising former foodstuffs into animal feed shows why this was in fact the right decision, says EFFPA President Paul Featherstone. There is great pressure on the European Commission to present […]
On 22 May 2015 the French national assembly voted on policy measures that prohibit supermarkets to discard unsold foodstuffs. After having taken donation to charities into account, the proposed law aims to encourage supermarkets through legal measures to have the foodstuffs valorised as animal feed. EFFPA Board Member Guy Lannoy welcomed the political attention given […]
The Greek company Nuevo S.A. has joined EFFPA as an Observer Member as of 1 April 2014. Nuevo S.A. is already a well-established operator on the market for feed premixes and since last year started running a pilot in former foodstuff processing. Nuevo S.A. is the first operator in Greece to undertake a structural and […]