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Europatat Congress 2021 – Registration is now open!
Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, and the Irish Potato Federation are pleased to announce the opening of registrations for the next Europatat Congress, which will be organised within the framework of the World Potato Congress on 30 and 31 May 2021 in...
Europatat members and the fight against coronavirus
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, European potato traders have been working around the clock not only to keep the potato supply chain running but also to help combat Covid-19. In this article you can take a look at those Europatat’s members actions that...
Europatat welcomes the Farm to Fork strategy and calls on the Commission to ensure a coherent and realistic approach
Europatat welcomes the Farm to Fork Strategy published today by the European Commission. There is a need to secure a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, a message that the potato sector fully endorses. Nevertheless, it is key for the viability of...
Potato #FoodHeroes – Thank you!
In these difficult times, at Europatat we are proud of our members and potato traders in all branches who are stepping up to the plate and working hand in hand with the other actors in the food supply chain to ensure everyone in Europe has access to safe and quality...
Potatoes, prepare to be surprised!
Europatat is thrilled to announce that the European campaign “Potatoes, prepare to be surprised – Europe's favourite since 1536” is now live. The three-year campaign, co-financed by the European Commission under the EU Promotion policy, will run until the end of 2022...
Europatat Congress 2020 is cancelled
Europatat regrets to inform that the Europatat Congress 2020, scheduled to take place on 11 and 12 June in Brussels, will be cancelled following the escalation of COVID-19 crisis in Europe. For Europatat, the safety and wellbeing of the Congress' participants,...
Joint statement – Ensuring food security amid the Covid-19 outbreak
The European organisations CopaCogeca, FoodDrinkEurope and Celcaa (of which Europatat is a member) have released a joint statement in which they assure that "Europe’s food supply chain will work closely together to ensure everybody in Europe continues to have access...
Europatat replies to the public consultation on the “Farm to Fork” Roadmap
The concern regarding food sustainability along the whole supply chain has been increasing in the political agenda in the past years. There is a need to secure a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, a message that the potato sector fully endorses....
The Polish potato packer and trader Bugaj joins Europatat!
Europatat warmly welcomes Bugaj, one of the biggest potato suppliers in the Polish market. Bugaj is a Polish, family-run company that has been supplying potatoes to Polish retailers for almost 30 years. Its supply chain is formed by more than 100 farms located all...
Europatat’s position paper on EU-UK Future Trade Agreement
Following the Council's green light to the opening of negotiations for a new partnership with the UK, Europatat has sent a position paper to the EU-UK negotiation team, as well as to the relevant officials in DG AGRI and DG SANTE, on which the sector calls on the...