NEWS 8 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE February 2023 Royal DSM, a global purpose-led science-based company, and Foundation Earth, an independent, non-profit organization issuing front-of-pack Eco Impact scores on food products, announce their agreement to cooperate on eco-labeling of food and beverages to empower consumers to make more sustainable food choices based on transparent and credible information. Within the new partnership DSM will undertake full Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for participating brands under the Foundation Earth method, enabling companies to access an aggregated eco impact score on their food and drink products, as well as an ecolabel that can be displayed on the front-of-pack. The scores delivered by Foundation Earth range from A+ to G and are re-certified yearly, making it possible for product owners to improve their production and grade over time. The agreement means that agrifood companies joining Foundation Earth can now access DSM’s Sustell™ service to measure and improve the environmental impacts of animal protein products (e.g. eggs, milk, fish and meat), based on accredited methodologies (e.g. EU PEF). Developed by DSM with Blonk Consultants, Sustell™ is a first-ofits-kind intelligent sustainability service that delivers accurate, simple, and actionable farm-level solutions to improve animal protein production’s environmental footprint and profitability. By catalyzing sustainable value chains and enabling environmental transparency and supply chain to differentiate, Sustell™ helps producers achieve their sustainability commitments. Read more>> The 6th International Poultry Meat Congress (UBEK), organized biennially by the Association of Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders, will be held in Titanic Deluxe Golf Belek Antalya between 1-5 March 2023. Many important scientists, experts and industry stakeholders from many countries of the world and Turkey are expected to participate in the organization, which is the only and largest congress to be held with international participation in the poultry industry. Turkey’s poultry meat industry, in the new world order; It is preparing to evaluate sustainable production and efficiency, self-sufficiency, local production, logistics service and technological developments at the 6th UBEK. Stating that the Poultry Meat Congress, which has been held every two years since 2011, could not be held for about 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, BESD-BIR Chairman of the Board Naci Kaplan explains the importance of getting together again with the following words: “We are very happy to hold the largest and most important congress organized with international participation in Turkey for the sixth time. In addition, we are proud to organize our congress on the same date as the 100th anniversary of our Republic and the 30th anniversary of the Association of Poultry Meat Producers and Breeders (BESD-BIR). ” Read more>> International Poultry Meat Congress to bring scientists together in Antalya, Turkey DSM and Foundation Earth partner to promote food eco-labeling
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