AGP Executive Report
Last update: 10 hours agoChina Food Delivery Crackdown: China’s regulators now require food delivery apps to verify restaurants’ licenses and physical addresses, targeting “ghost kitchens” after cases of forged permits and outsourced orders raised food safety alarms. Cold-Chain Packaging Focus: A new look at cold chain growth argues packaging can’t stay “set and forget” as temperature-sensitive logistics scales for food, pharma and DTC delivery. Dairy Spotlight: World Milk Day (June 1) spotlights milk’s nutrition and the dairy sector’s role in livelihoods, with a campaign centered on women farmers. Sustainable Ingredients & Alcohol: Intact Regenerative opened an industrial facility using low-impact pulse extraction to make functional plant proteins and low-carbon alcohol. Food Prices & Fuel Pressure: South Africa’s diesel shock is framed as a supply-chain inflation driver, not just a pump problem. Supermarket Competition Watch: New Zealand’s Commerce Commission says supermarket competition shows little change, even as regulatory reforms aim to loosen the duopoly. Workforce & Food Access: Farmworker advocates warn heat stress is a growing risk for migrant workers, with housing and meal access still under strain. Japan Tax Move: Japan’s ruling parties are coordinating a limited food and beverage consumption tax cut for April 2027, aiming for a 1% rate (or possibly 0%).
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