Europe is facing sunflower oil shortages. Similarly to British supermarkets, Lidl likewise imposed purchase limits on cooking oil in its Estonian stores, but had since lifted them. The shortage and price increase on cooking oil, however, has put several Estonian food industry businesses in a bind. Until recently, Lidl had imposed a limit of five…
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has significantly disrupted Ukrainian agricultural production and this year’s grain harvest in Ukraine is likely to be about 20% lower than in 2021 due to reduced sowing areas. The UK Ministry of Defense said this in its latest intelligence update posted on Twitter. “Ukraine is the fourth largest producer and…
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) has asked an operator in the food sector, Intervetcom Ltd company, to start the procedure of withdrawal from the trade network and recalling from clients of eggs for consumption, as they are infected with salmonella. ANSA said that the people who bought products from the concerned consignment were asked…
Lithuania’s food delivery platforms Wolt and Bolt Food have suspended their cooperation with restaurants owned by the Amber Food group, which is linked to Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijosaitis. Matijosaitis has come under heavy criticism because of the failure of Viciunai Group, one of the largest Lithuanian food production groups owned by Kaunas Mayor, to close…
A third of Ukrainian agricultural fields will not be used to sow wheat and other crops as a result of hostilities. That’s according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Ukraine. “Up to 30% of agricultural fields in Ukraine won’t be used to plant wheat, barley, sunflowers and corn this…
Georgia’s previous 80% dependence on wine exports to the Russian market has dropped to 57%, Otar Shamugia, the Georgian Agriculture Minister, has said. The minister noted the Government had been implementing projects for diversification of the wine export market with the involvement of the country’s National Wine Agency, pointing out about 12 million lari ($3.9…
Georgian wheat production in 2021 increased by 32.9% YoY, to 136,100 tons, while the production of vegetables decreased by 15.4%, to 149,000 tons, the National Statistics Office of Georgia announced. The figures were revealed by Geostat along with statistics on other cereal grains produced last year. Barley production went up to 58,300 tons (+28.4%), while…