AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoDairy Expansion: Reliance Consumer Products has entered India’s ready-to-drink dairy market with Joyland flavoured milk, launching in Tamil Nadu at ₹20 a bottle. Food Prices: South Korea’s Fair Trade Commission has opened an investigation into possible price-fixing by major food makers, inspecting Daesang, Ottogi and CJ CheilJedang over products including tofu, kimchi and instant rice. Food Safety: Nigeria’s NAFDAC says it seized more than ₦2 billion in counterfeit and unsafe alcohol in raids on over 20 illegal stores in Lagos; two suspects were arrested. Ingredients: Givaudan reported 3.5% like-for-like third-quarter sales growth in Taste & Wellbeing, a pickup after a weaker first half. Recycling: Co-op and Podback are expanding coffee-pod collection to more than 200 stores after a trial collected eight tonnes of pods. Industry Outlook: SIAL Paris will put food sovereignty, AI and personalised nutrition on the agenda as food-sector leaders meet to discuss industry change. Market Pressure: Higher fuel costs are weighing on convenience-store beverage sales, with Citi reporting third-quarter dollar sales down 2.1% and volumes down 5.1% year over year. Food Regulation: A proposed FDA rule could let some chemicals be added directly to food without safety review, drawing warnings from public-health advocates.
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