Ukraine is increasing sunflower seed export since the start of the war amid the weak export of sunflower oil and a shortage of oil on the global market. The demand from European processors, mainly Bulgarian and Romanian, who are facing a lack of feedstock, is favorable for the export of Ukrainian sunflower seed as well.…
The National Food Safety Agency (ANSA) on May 23 informed about more controls, made on the last period, as to the quality of the fresh/refrigerated and congealed fish, sold in trade units, in the wake of which non-conformities were detected. According to ANSA, Agency’s inspectors found out more non-conformities, such as: inadequacy of sanitary and…
President of Poland Andrzej Duda considers that it is very important for global food security to unblock the port in Odesa so that Ukraine will be able to export food to countries that need it. Duda said this at a joint press conference with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. As Duda stressed, not…
As of May 19, 182 thousand hectares of sugar beets were sown in Ukraine. According to the press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine continues sowing campaign. 182 thousand hectares of sugar beets have been sown in the territories controlled by Ukraine. Sowing of spring crops is carried out by 23…
The National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) has withdrawn from the market a batch of non-compliant powdered milk, following the notification of the European food alert system. It is about the product “Blend of powdered milk with prebiotics for children – from birth, with fast preparation”, imported from Poland. In accordance with the law, food…
Mateusz Morawiecki, the prime minister, has stressed the importance of food security in the context of the war in Ukraine. In a Facebook post on May 18, Morawiecki said that “agriculture is a strategic sector of the Polish economy which has become even more important in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine that…
Meat production in Georgia increased in the first quarter of the year to 16.7 tons, or by 5.7% YoY, the latest preliminary data of the Georgian National Statistics Office showed along with a decrease in milk production. Geostat made available figures from the quarter that showed milk production decreased to 112.2 liters, or by 2.7%.…