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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 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...

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...

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 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,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is attending Fruit Logistica during its edition 2020. As every year, the association has taken the opportunity to hold meetings with its members of the Seed Potato Commission and Packers Commission during the fair. The...