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The State Duma of the Russian Federation has passed a new law regulating the distance selling of medicines, exceptionally extending the new legislation to numerous prescription medications until 31 December 2020.

During the pandemic, US stores and major food chains are deploying robots in their stores to clean floors, restock shelves and deliver food to consumers.

The Eurasian Economic Commission’s Council has decided to extend the list of goods exempted from import duties and to simplify the requirements for certificates of origin.

Danone is showing resilience in the face of the coronavirus crisis. In the first quarter of 2020, the French group posted 1.7% growth in consolidated sales to €6.24 billion on the back of a strong performance in Europe and the United States

Thanks to a partnership with Nannini Italian Quality, the Brescia-based injection moulding and mould manufacturing company Zanola has converted part of its factory to the production of protective plastic eyewear in response to the health emergency.

Le vendite statunitensi di bevande alcoliche sono aumentate del 55% nella settimana terminante al 21 marzo.

Il Gruppo tedesco Schaeffler, insieme alla famiglia Schaeffler, ha donato un milione di euro alla Croce Rossa per sostenere la lotta contro il COVID-19.

Fruit exports rose to 88,300 tons at the end of the first quarter of the year.

Already on an upward curve prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the online meal kit and food delivery service market in the UK is enjoying an unprecedented boom.

The multinational announced that it has significantly reduced the activity of three of its food service production lines and shifted resources to packaged food facilities.

Since 4 April, wholesale chain Metro Deutschland has opened its five C+C stores in Wolgast, Greifswald, Wismar, Neustrelitz and Waren to end consumers.

Fiorentini Alimentari, a Turin-based company specialising in organic and gluten-free food and snacks, has successfully reorganised operations at its new plant in Trofarello (TO) while continuing production and guaranteeing food supplies.

 

Campari and Intercos Group are teaming up to produce hydro-alcoholic gel hand cleansers for healthcare workers in hospitals in Italy’s Lombardy region who are at the forefront of the fight against the Covid-19 emergency.

Smurfit Kappa has been selected by Bidfood, a leading UK food service provider, to supply paper packaging for food parcels to be delivered to 1.5 million vulnerable people in the UK.

With the valuable support of CP Flexible Packaging, it took just ten days for HR Pharmaceuticals, a pharmaceutical company specializing in medical lubricants and ultrasound gels, to start up production of a new hand sanitizer packaged in convenient flexible disposable packets.

Antares Vision has acquired an 82.83% stake in Tradeticity, a young Croatian company specialising in the management of software for advanced track and trace processes.

Petrus, the historic Dutch brand owned by Diageo, has been acquired by Caffo 1915, a Calabria-based group which is best known for the production of Amaro del Capo but also owns Borschi and the Mangilli distilleries.

PRATI, global leader in the label finishing sector, with its HQ in Faenza, Italy, active since 1973, has decided to insure its employees against coronavirus.

According to the latest figures provided by Nielsen, retail sales of fake meat in the States increased dramatically in March.

Cargill, ha messo a disposizione la sua produzione di alcool per ridurre la carenza di disinfettanti nei Paesi Bassi.