AGP Executive Report
Last update: 5 hours agoEU Food & Health: A new Cancer Epidemiology study links daily sugary drink intake with higher gastric cancer risk, reporting 32% higher risk among frequent consumers in a 78,000-person cohort, with a separate U.S. analysis showing more than double risk for those drinking sugar-sweetened beverages over once per day. Retail & Nutrition: UK consumer group Which? warns of “skimpflation” as some supermarkets switch tinned mackerel to jack mackerel, citing lower omega-3 and vitamin B12 levels and concerns over taste, texture and labelling clarity. Agri-Food Innovation: Researchers review how cereal grains could be engineered as “biological factories” for high-value lipids and other compounds, using modern genome editing to redirect seed metabolism. Maritime & Food Costs: Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Italy sign a joint shipping declaration aimed at keeping EU shipping competitive while pushing for realistic decarbonisation measures that reflect knock-on impacts on energy, goods and food prices. Ukraine Food Security: Kyiv says intensifying Russian strikes are crippling the economy and could cut GDP by 1.5 points in 2026, with grain export disruption tied to Black Sea pressure.
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