IFSA is proud to be supporting the Irish Culinary Team travelling with Panel of Chefs Ireland to compete in the ​The IKA/Culinary Olympics in Stuttgart this February.  The IKA/Culinary Olympics bring together the most talented culinary artists from all over the world in a ‘once in a lifetime’ event that has been repeated every four years since 1900.

Orgalim have released a Bulletin and Legislative update covering developments in the areas of the Internal Market, Environment, Energy, Decarbonisation & Climate Change.   A Summary of the updates is outlined here:

INTERNAL MARKET
Construction Products Regulation (CPR)

• Provisional agreement reached in December.
• Highlights include a standardization system, digital passport, green public procurement, transition period until 2039.

An Rialálaí Agribhia (Agri-Food Regulator) was established as an independent state agency on 13th December 2023 under the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Act 2023 to promote fairness and transparency in the agri-food supply chain. The Act assigns two main functions to the Regulator -

• Provision of information on the agri-food supply chain through engagement with stakeholders and the analysis of price and market data and
•  Compliance with and enforcement of unfair trading law. 

Operators are invited to join an online webinar on Tuesday January 30th @ 10.30 AM where information will be provided on:

​Workplace services provider Sodexo UK & Ireland has achieved a 37% reduction in absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3, compared to its baseline year of 2017 putting it ahead of schedule on its journey to net zero 2040.  

This reduction represents the removal of approximately 400,000 tonnes of carbon (tCO2e) from its footprint as at 31 May 2023 and includes emissions relating to all company activities across the UK and Ireland, including direct operations, activity at client sites and supply chain.