News & Analysis on Chocolate, Candy and Cocoa
Appointments
The National Confectioners Association (NCA) has announced that Lee Anne Pirrello has joined its staff as its new vice president of member value and engagement strategy.
Markets
The Association of the German Confectionery Industry (BDSI) has welcomed tough sanctions imposed by the European Union on Russia, following its invasion of Ukraine, saying that the speed they were introduced shows the basic principles of the region are...
Sustainability
In a row over the impending European Commission’s deforestation law, African smallholder cocoa farmers say European organisations do not speak on their behalf and claim their proposal risks damaging their livelihoods.
An Italian supply chain expert has slated the European Union for its ‘discriminatory’ policies against palm oil, highlighting the impossibility of finding an alternative for the commodity in the short term.