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2026-09 EU Specialty Food Ingredients’ 4 takeaways on the Commission’s new strategic approach for Research and Innovation in the food area
Ten years after the launch of its Food2030 research & innovation policy framework, the Commission has published this week its New Strategic Approach to Research & Innovation for competitive, resilient and sustainable agriculture, forestry, rural areas and food systems – Future-proofing EU agri-food through AgRI2040 and Food...
2026-09 EU Specialty Food Ingredients at Fi Europe 2026
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to participate in Fi Europe 2026, taking place from 17-19 November in Frankfurt, Germany. Fi Europe is the leading gathering for the global food and beverage ingredients industry and is expected to bring together more than 1,650 suppliers and...
2026-07 A bold FP10 – Joint Declaration
EU Specialty Food Ingredients has co-signed an EARTO and BusinessEurope-led joint declaration on the 10th EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation (FP10), supported by 84 European associations. The statement calls for a significantly increased EU research and innovation budget, continued support for collaborative industry-led...
2026-06 Prebiotics: Scientific Criteria and Regulatory Considerations
EU Specialty Food Ingredients is pleased to support World Microbiome Day, celebrated every year on 27th June. The human gut microbiome plays an important role not only in digestion, but in many other aspects of wellbeing and health. There are several groups of specialty food ingredients...
2026-06 World Food Safety Day 2026
This year again, EU Specialty Food Ingredients is celebrating World Food Safety Day, organised by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) to raise awareness of the importance of food safety and to inspire action to...
2026-05 Webinar on regulatory sandboxes
New foodstuffs or new ingredients often face obstacles and hurdles to enter the EU market, and it seems to many of us that the precautionary principle is unfriendly to food innovations. This may explain why regulatory sandboxes are increasingly seen by some in the EU...