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South Africa: Product Brief Almonds

In recent years, the demand for nuts in South Africa – especially almonds – has risen with consumers’ desire for nutritious snack choices and in-home baking ingredients. Food manufacturers have increasingly used almonds in baked goods, breakfast cereals, mixed snacks, granola bars, and trail mixes.
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India: 2017 Amendments to Legal Metrology Rules

On June 23, 2017, the Government of India (GOI) amended the Legal Metrology (LM) (packaged commodities) Rules, 2011 and published in the Official Gazette of India.
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Germany: Food Processing Ingredients

The German food industry represents the fourth–largest industry in Germany. In 2016, Germany produced an estimated USD $196 billion of processed food and drinks.