The General Assembly of the European Snacks Association (ESA) has elected Sandy Iagallo, Senior Director Regulatory & Wellbeing Europe at Kellogg Europe, as its new President for the term 2023-2025. This appointment reflects her vast industry experience and her outstanding leadership skills. Before joining Kellogg in 2020, Sandy held several senior roles in marketing, sales, finance and public policy for leading international companies in the food and pharmaceutical sector. Click here for Press Release.

The second ESA monitoring report to the EU Code of Conduct has been published on the European Commission website.

The first section mainly consists in demonstrating how the organisation raised members’ awareness about the Code in the past year. The second section contains a copy of the ESA Sustainability report which was published earlier this year to further demonstrate how ESA members are walking the talk and contributing to making snacking more sustainable.

31 organisations representing all the leading organisations of the food chain, including FoodDrinkEurope sent a joint letter to the European Commission asking to be more involved in the building process of the Farm to Fork flagship initiative, the Legislative Framework for Sustainable Food Systems (FSFS). 

According to the Commission, the FSFS will act as an enabler for policymakers and food business operators to accelerate the transition to sustainable food systems. As a framework law, the policy options are high-level as the content will mostly be operationalised through implementing and delegated acts, or revisions of food system policies. One of the enabling elements of the FSFS will be to set and define definitions and principles which will guide future legislation revisions.

The Commission’s proposal should be presented in September 2023.

Over 120 associations  of the packaging value chain (including ESA), have co-signed a strong statement calling on the co-legislators to preserve the internal market legal basis of the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).

Safeguarding the single market basis (versus an environmental legal basis or a split legal basis) is of key importance to prevent further fragmentation of the Single Market for packaged goods caused by unilateral national provisions. Stronger harmonisation through the internal market legal basis is also key for a real step change in Member States’ action towards a circular economy.