Starch Europe (formerly AAF) announced its support for the European Commission’s Communication for a European Industrial Renaissance at an event held in Brussels yesterday. The Communication which forms part of the Commission’s efforts to tackle weaknesses hampering economic growth through industry support is a priority shared by Jean-Claude Juncker who begins his term at the helm of the European Commission.

The EU starch industry to perform an environmental impacts assessment of its products and co-products: Under the pressure of the various initiatives aiming at providing end consumers with information on the environmental impacts of products, the customers of the European starch industry are increasingly interested in developing the environmental footprints of the products they manufacture or market. [...]

AAF is aware of the situation in North America where [...]

The EU starch industry has a role to play in the development of an EU starch-based chemistry

Recommendation of the EU starch industry on how to deal with the nutrition labelling of foodstuffs of which starch products are ingredients.

Implementation of the Food, Drink and Milk BREF to the [...]

AAC position regarding the production and sale of acid-hydrolysed wheat proteins [...]

Communication on the “allergen labelling” of wheat-based maltodextrins, glucose syrups, [...]