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Should the soft drinks levy be extended to coffee shop confectionary?
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LONDON, UK – Health campaigners have called on the next government to extend the soft drinks levy to confectionery containing the highest levels of sugar. Chocolate and sweets are already included in Public Health England’s (PHE) programme aiming for a 20% reduction in sugar by 2020.
Brexit ‘barista visas’ plan could allow foreign workers two years in UK
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LONDON, UK – The Home Office is looking at plans for "barista visas" to ensure coffee shops and pubs are fully staffed after Brexit. Young European citizens would be able to come to the UK to work in the hospitality industry for two years under the plans. But they would not be allowed to claim benefits or free housing when ...
Marley Coffee co-founder reaches voluntary settlement with SEC
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LOS ANGELES, California, U.S – Shane G. Whittle, one of several individuals and international companies implicated in a 2015 SEC civil complaint [SEC v. Jammin' Java Corp, et al, Case No. 2:15-cv-8921-SVW (C.D. Cal. 2015)] alleging a pump-and-dump scheme that occurred in 2011 involving the stock of Jammin' Java Corp. ...
Bill still brewing in the Hawaii Legislature to fund Maui coffee expansion
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HONOLULU, Hawaii, U.S. – A bill to authorize a special purpose revenue bond to help MauiGrown Coffee Inc.’s expansion to the lower slopes of Haleakala has cleared the state Senate Ways and Means Committee. The bill now advances to third reading in the Senate. On Tuesday, the committee voted 7-0 to recommend passage of the bill ...
Brexit: UK and EU coffee companies face “more costly” trade, warns study
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LONDON – Food companies on both sides of the English Channel are set to feel the brunt of "more costly" trade once the UK leaves the EU, even if a "customs union" is negotiated, according to a new report. Research from the Netherlands-based financial services company Rabobank - released yesterday (29 March) as UK Prime Minister ...
Ethiopian exporters pensive as big changes loom in the coffee sector
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ADDIS ABABA – New changes in the coffee sector are on the horizon but there have been some differences of opinion observed during the latest meeting held at the Prime Minister’s Office, Capital learnt. Most aspects of the coffee industry, from farming to export, have been under stress since the sector suffered from lack of attention ...
India, Vietnam lift import bans on coffee, pepper and other agro-products
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HANOI, Vietnam – The back-to-back bans have prevented Indian roasters from securing coffee beans while pepper prices in Vietnam have dropped to multi-year lows. India and Vietnam have removed bans issued earlier this month on imports of several key agricultural commodities, including coffee and pepper, the Vietnamese government ...
Brazilian José Dauster Sette appointed as ICO’s new Executive Director
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LONDON, 17 March 2017 — The International Coffee Council met in London at the headquarters of the International Coffee Organization from 13 to 17 March 2017 for its 119th session and decided by consensus to appoint Mr José Dauster Sette as Executive Director of the International Coffee Organization for a five-year term.
Parliamentary inquiry into waste coffee cups and plastic bottles in UK
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LONDON, UK – The UK Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has launched an inquiry into the damage being caused by disposable drinks packaging – particularly the impact of plastic bottles and coffee cups. The inquiry will look at what actions are being undertaken by industry and Government to reduce waste generated by ...
Nigerian government, group move to give a boost to cocoa production
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ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is to join the Federation of Agriculture Commodity Association of Nigeria (FACAN) to raise cocoa production to 1.2 metric tonnes yearly. FACAN President, Dr Victor Iyama told The Nation that the Minister, Chief Audu Ogbeh, at a meeting with ...
India suspends imports of six Vietnamese agro-products, including coffee
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HANOI, Vietnam – The move comes after the Vietnamese government's decision to halt five commodities from India. India has suspended the import of six commodities from Vietnam, including coffee beans and black pepper, citing pest infections, India's agriculture ministry said.
Why has Brazil’s President Temer decided to backtrack on coffee imports?
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil's president has suspended authorization for local processors to import coffee beans from Vietnam. It meant a sudden reversal of a...
