(Brussels, 20 March 2013) FoodDrinkEurope welcomes the announcement that the EU and Japan are to launch formal negotiations on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) at a joint summit in Tokyo on 25 March.

(Brussels, 15 February 2013) Following the announcement by EU and US to launch talks on a ‘Comprehensive Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership’, FoodDrinkEurope, as the body representing Europe’s food and drink manufacturers, welcomes the intention to focus on regulatory issues in the future agreement.

(Brussels, 13 February 2013) The European food and drink industry welcomes the European Council‘s recent conclusion of negotiations on the EU’s seven year budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period 2014 to 2020. The timely conclusion of negotiations brings some much needed clarity on the issue of future EU spending at a time of economic uncertainty.

FoodDrinkEurope, the representative body for Europe’s food and drink manufacturers, is very concerned to learn of the presence of horse meat in processed meat products which was incorrectly labelled. This is serious matter of food fraud. The industry does not tolerate such practices which are in contravention of EU food law.