Mexico´s Labeling Regulation and the Industry´s Strive Toward Compliance
Nearly six months after the enaction of NOM-051 about front-of-package labeling for foods and non-alcoholic beverages, a webinar of Enlace EXPO PACK 2021 brought companies up to date on the progress made and the challenges of its implementation.
Apr 5th, 2021
The facts presented at the webinar by the director of CANAINCA, Jonás Murillo, and Estephani Paniagua, Technical Coordinator at the entity, summarized the perceptions of a wide portion of the guild’s associates. This is the only organization that represents the industries dedicated to processed foods manufacturing in Mexico.On the shelves of Mexican stores and supermarkets, consumers are now seeing the products they have traditionally purchased with changes in presentation, packaging, and formulation. Many of them now include warning octagonal labels for high content levels of sugar, fats, sodium, or calories that exceed the caps set by the ame
An Agricultural Grant To Benefit Berkshire Area Farms
Everyone should pause and think about the importance of farms in our community as they are the backbone of providing food to everyone s dinner table. Farmers continue to put in long hours in accomplishing this task at hand, especially during these trying times. Fortunately, some assistance is on the way as our area s youth have sparked an interest in this rewarding field of work.
Great Barrington based B-A-V, Berkshire Agricultural Ventures has announced they will provide a $10,000 grant to the Berkshire based non-profit organization,
Greenagers as they will provide much needed funding to assign second year apprenticeships at the locally based
Application Deadline: June 30th 2021
UNCDF (UN Capital Development Fund) is the United Nations Capital Development for local development finance, inclusive finance and the promotion of Women and Youth empowerment in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) which main objective is to facilitate access to public and private capital for the most underserved people. Its expertise enables it to develop «last mile» financial models in areas where infrastructures, access to basic services, financial and non-financial services are lacking to unlock public and private resources at the national level. The expected impact is to reduce poverty and encourage economic local development. UNCDF’s work is based on two approaches:
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Launching of The World Disaster Report
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March 17, 2021
What: AUC and IFRC High level Launch of the 2020 World Disaster Report in Africa Region under the theme “
Come Heat or High Water: tackling the humanitarian impacts of the climate crisis together”.
When: Wednesday 17 March 2021
Time: 15:30 EAT (GMT+3)
A confirmation email containing information about joining the event will be issued after the registration is approved by the event Organizers.
Who: The meeting will be co-organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) through its Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment (ARBE) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC).