Diageo Agrees to Sale of Italian Facility to NewPrinces

Formerly known as Newlat Food, an Italian food and drink company now called NewPrinces bought 100% of the share capital for Diageo Operations Italy, according to a Diageo press release which specified the inclusion of the Santa Vittoria production facility.

The site produces a range of alcoholic beverages, ready-to-drink products, and low and no alcohol products, according to a Diageo spokesperson. 

The NewPrinces Group is already a leading player in the soft drinks market in the UK, with revenues of approximately €350 million in this category alone...

Tariff Talks 2025: Expana's Weekly Rundown #6

Expana’s global team of specialist reporters has been tracking every twist and turn in the fluid tariff situation.

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Meat Production in Germany Rises for the First Time Since 2016 

Germany's meat production increased by 1.4% y-o-y in 2024, totaling 6.9 million metric tons, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). This marks the first rise in production since 2016.  

Pork production recorded the greatest proportional increase, rising by 1.9% to 44.6 million tons, although still 24.9% below the 2016 peak. Production was also up in terms of the number of pigs slaughtered, by 1.2%, including a 1.6% rise in domestic origin slaughtered. The number of imported pigs slaughtered in German farms, on the other hand...

German Meat Imports Bans Continue Despite No New FMD Cases

Germany’s Agriculture minister Cem Oezdemir said the country had not detected any more cases since the initial outbreak on Friday. However, the source of the disease has not yet been found.  

The ministry issued a ban on the transport of all cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and camelids, as well as their bodies and body parts and their manure from or to an animal-keeping operation in the state of Brandenburg, where the outbreak happened. But the ban is due to end on January 15 at 11:59 p.m...

Markets Concerned by FMS as UK, Netherlands Limit German Imports

The United Kingdom and the Netherlands have introduced restrictions on German meat products following the Foot and Mouth disease cases in water buffalo near Berlin.  

The UK has banned imports of live animals or meat products from “ungulates (ruminants and porcine animals, including wild game),” milk and dairy products and other animal by-products “unless treated to effectively mitigate the risk of FMD,” the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) stated.  

"Around 200 pigs at a farm near where the outbreak was detected were slaughtered...

New Cases of Foot-And-Mouth Disease in Germany; First Since 1988  

German authorities reported at least three cases of Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) virus in water buffalo in Hoppegarten, just west of Berlin, on January 10. But up to 14 animals are potentially infected, a World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) report shows.

FMD is a “highly contagious viral disease of livestock that has a significant economic impact,” and it can affect cloven-hoofed animals, including cattle, sheep, goats, or pigs, according to the German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health (FLI)...