Dubai Exports And Food & FBMG Launch ‘Open Food Platform’ At Gulfood 2018

Dubai Exports, the export promotion agency of the Department of Economic Development (DED), together with the Food and Beverage Manufacturing Business Group (FBMG) and Gulfood, announced the launch of an ‘Open Food Platform’ at Gulfood 2018. The first of its kind, the smart platform, launched in the presence of Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, The UAE Minister of State for Future Food Security, is set to integrate food value chain players in the public and private sectors to deliver value to all stakeholders, including the end-consumer.

The Open Food Platform has already brought 650 companies and investors in the foods sector – in addition to at least 4,000 traders directly or indirectly associated with the industry – together with government entities and regulators to share data and transact business across a smart application and website.