EU: REVIEW OF THE ORGANIC FOODS SECTOR

Article Abstract:

Organic foods respond to a real consumer need for food safety. Organic agriculture must represent 10% of arable European land in 2005, compared with 5% at present. It remains to be seen if the products from organic agriculture are really safer than those from regular agriculture. In order to be fit for human consumption, any product on the market, whether it is organic or regular, must legally be wholesome. Nevertheless, organic products appear to be safer because they come from a method of production which guarantees the absence of any industrialisation, or utilisation of chemical substances. In addition, these products are certified by independent specialised organisations approved by public authorities and found to be in compliance with organic agriculture.

Agriculture, Crop Production, Market information - general, European Union

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ROMANIA: DANONE'S INSTALLATION

Article Abstract:

Danone, the French food giant, which has been physically installed in Romania since May 1999, with the creation of a production plant, expects to sell 14,000 tonnes in 1999, compared with 5,000 tonnes in 1998, and a turnover of FFr 15mn. Danone makes two yogurts with fruit and one natural yogurt in Romania. Danone also has a local market of fromage frais imported from its Polish plant and Danette products from Hungary. Danone Romania, which employs 300 people, required an investment of US$ 15mn, with a return on investment expected in four or five years. It works with 25 local milk producers but distributes its products itself because of the lack of a transport fleet serving the country.

France, Dairy Products, Dairy Product Manufacturing, Fluid Milk Manufacturing, Romania, Yogurt, DANONE Group

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SWITZERLAND: REVIEW OF SODEDIS

Article Abstract:

Sodedis, which has been present in Switzerland since the eighties, is a subsidiary of Doux, the French poultry meat company which sells under the Pere Dodu brand. Sodedis makes a turnover of from SFr 27mn to SFr 28mn, and 95% of its operations is from chilled products. The company also distributes special products such as foie gras and ostrich meat, and some transformed products such as cordon bleu cheese-filled chicken fillets, and stuffed roasts. Sodedis wants to appeal to food services and companies seeking raw materials, and it is counting on the bright prospects in the chilled and frozen transformed products domain.

Switzerland, Prepared Perishable Foods, Perishable Prepared Food Manufacturing, Convenience foods

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