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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...
Europatat highlights the potato sector priorities at Fruit Logistica 2020
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...
Europatat Congress 2020 – Registrations open and keynote speaker confirmed!
Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is pleased to announce the opening of registrations for the upcoming annual Europatat Congress that will take place in Brussels, Belgium, on 11 and 12 June 2020 at the beautiful Amigo Hotel, located at two steps of the...
Europatat launches a campaign to promote the consumption of fresh potatoes among European millennials
Europatat, together with CNIPT, Bord Bia and VLAM, has launched an inspiring campaign under the title “Potatoes, prepare to be surprised – Europe’s favourite since 1536”. This joint initiative, which is co-financed by the European Commission under the EU Promotion...