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On June 14, 2018, negotiators from the Council, the European Parliament and the Commission found a political agreement on the next iteration of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II).

The EU Council formally adopted the text of the new Regulation on organic production and labeling of organic products.

Post estimates that 2018 milk deliveries in the European Union (EU) 2018 will increase by one percent over 2017 because of continued domestic and international demand.

On April 11, 2018, the European Commission published a proposal to amend the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive to answer Member States’ demand for tools to tackle dual quality of foodstuff....

The EU started the post-quota era with an all-time record sugar production of 22.8 million MT for MY 2017/2018, of which 21.1 million MT is for processing into sugar....

Total EU oilseeds area and production in MY 2018/19 is forecast slightly upward due to increasing acreage of all three major oilseeds (rapeseed, soybean and sunflower).

On March 12, 2018, the EU alcoholic beverages industry presented a “joint’ self-regulatory proposal on nutrition labeling and ingredients listing to the European Commission.

The Polish food processing industry was restructured and mostly privatized during recent decades.

Sales growth in Poland for tree nuts, seeds and trail mix achieved five percent in 2017, the strongest year-on-year growth of all sweet and savory snack foods in the market.

Poland’s 2017 total estimated catch was 196,900 metric tons (MT), including fish from the Baltic Sea and long-distance, deep-sea fishing.

Poland, as a European Union (EU) Member State, applies EU directives and regulations to its food and agricultural import regulatory regime, with only a few exceptions.

On January 11, 2018, Poland’s Parliament passed a law to restrict most retail and commercial activities on Sunday.