The European Union (EU) Parliament has voted to ban the use of the term “veggie-burger” and limit food descriptions such as steak, escalope and sausage to products containing meat, as part of a proposed EU law to protect farmers, Reuters reported.

A US research team has been exploring the use of epoxidised cottonseed oil (ECSO) in textile finishes as an alternative to current finishing agents based on formaldehyde or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), Chemistry World wrote.

The European Commission (EC) is planning to delay its EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) for small operators – including farmers – but will exclude big players, according to three parliamentary sources quoted in a 21 October Euroactiv report.

Prices for cocoa and cocoa butter have been declining since the end of August due to strong prospects for the 2025/26 West African harvest, according to a report by Spanish vegetable oil company Lipsa.

A landmark agreement to cut global shipping emissions has been abandoned after pressure from Saudi Arabia and the USA to end the talks, the BBC reported.

Indonesia has moved closer to launching 50% palm oil-based biodiesel (B50) after concluding laboratory tests, as the country aims for implementation next year, Reuters quoted an energy ministry official as saying.

Global agribusiness giant Cargill is using a four-legged robot powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor safety and operational reliability through a pilot programme at its multi-seed crushing and refinery facility in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Global shipping traffic through the Suez Canal should gradually recover in 2025, the waterway’s chairman was quoted as saying in a FreightWaves report.

Russian agribusiness Miratorg has delivered its first shipment of soyabean oil to Chile after signing a one-year supply contract, according to a report by state agricultural export agency Agroexport.

Global oil giant Shell has said it expects to take a US$600M hit in the third quarter after halting its biofuels project in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Reuters wrote.

The Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority (HOPA Ports) has secured the future operation of a biodiesel facility in Hamilton, Ontario, previously operated by Canada-based renewable energy company Biox Corporation.

European Union (EU) imports of used cooking oil methyl ester (UCOME) remain high despite the introduction of tariffs, according to a report by Germany’s Union for the Promotion of Plants and Protein (UFOP).