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Carrefour Launches Deposit System To Encourage Reuse

Carrefour has launched its own deposit system in 150 Carrefour City shops in Paris, in partnership with Coca-Cola, Heineken and CITEO.

DS Smith To Invest €90m In French Paper Mill

Packaging firm DS Smith has announced an investment of €90 million at its paper mill in Rouen, France.

France Makes Fresh Bid To Ban Meat Names For Plant-Based Food

France has unveiled revised proposals banning the use of meat names like 'steak' and 'spare ribs' for plant-based food made in the country as it seeks to a...

Mars Pet Nutrition Tests Bulk Sales Of Pet Food In Collaboration With Carrefour

Mars Pet Nutrition is offering a select range of pet food products in bulk as it joins Carrefour’s test-and-learn bulk initiative in the Montesson hy...

Groupe Guillin Acquires Italy’s Ciesse Paper

France-based food packaging solutions company Groupe Guillin has acquired 90% of the shares of Italy’s Ciesse Paper, a provider of cardboard packagin...

France Gives Leeway On Food Labels As Firms Switch From Sunflower Oil

France will give food companies up to six months to change product labels to reflect recipe changes if they replace sunflower oil, supplies of which have b...

France Bans Plastic Packaging For Fruit And Vegetables

France has implemented a new law that bans plastic packaging for most fruit and vegetables, effective 1 January 2022.

Freshfel Europe Asks For More Time To Implement French Packaging Law

Freshfel Europe has called on the European Commission to secure more time and flexibility to ensure an orderly rollout of the new French plastic packaging...