Banana news archive – Page 167
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Taiwan looks to expand banana horizons
The Taiwanese Council of Agriculture (COA) will continue its pilot program next year to allow unrestricted exports of bananas from the country.
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Fruit donations for schools
Youngsters in Oswestry have been tucking into some healthy treats, thanks to a local fruit and veg supplier’s donations.
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Fyffes faces backlash
Fyffes is under scrutiny following the revelation that the company’s 1999 accounts were boosted by a previously undisclosed provision of €19 million.
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ArticleIvory the ACP engine room
Despite political troubles in the Côte d’Ivoire, as the Ivory Coast is now officially known, the country remains the largest ACP exporter of fresh produce to the European Union.
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DCC insistent in Fyffes shares case
DCC insisted Wednesday that its controversial sale of Fyffes shares was "entirely lawful", the High Court in Ireland heard.
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Fyffes court case continues
The Fyffes court case rumbles on in ireland, with attention centred on Worldoffruit.com.
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ArticleChiquita releases banana price details
Chiquita Brands International has announced regional information on banana prices and volume for the first two months of the 2004 fourth quarter.
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ArticleSainsbury's widens organic offer
Sainsbury’s is hoping to boost its organic category by widening the selection, said organics buyer, Rhian Jones.
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ArticleMandy makes bananas a priority
New European Union trade commissioner Peter Mandelson has already placed bananas high on his agenda, after less than a month in his new post.
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Peaches have room to improve
There are now signs that the southern-hemisphere stone-fruit season is under way, although I am still critical of the
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ArticleBanana Group teams with Daily Star
The Banana Group joined forces last month with its national media partner The Daily Star to launch a consumer campaign.
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ArticleAre you assured?
As fruit and vegetables play an increasingly high profile role in today’s diets, it is incumbent on the industry to ensure its products are safe and of high quality when they reach the final consumer. Anabella de Sousa and Elspeth Waters review quality assurance programmes in Europe, Africa, Chile and the UK and the impact they are having across the sector.
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ArticleBanking on a sound future
Eric Baas, senior industry analyst of the Food & Agribusiness Research and Advisory department of Rabobank International, takes a look at some of the global trends facing the fresh produce industry.
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ArticleTesco sees red on kiwifruit
Red-fleshed kiwifruit go on sale exclusively at Tesco this week.
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ArticleGM fights arrested adolescence
Genetic modification technology has officially come of age, but it still looks like a case of arrested adolescence in Europe, according to a leading researcher.
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ArticleBanana battle divide
As Latin American governments plan to unite against the EU’s €230 a tonne banana import tariff, producers are at odds.
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The fascination of descriptions
I am becoming increasingly fascinated by the use of quite legal descriptive terms which keep appearing on fruit and veg
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EU banana proposals enrage
There is a definite split in the EU over the European Commission’s latest proposal for a banana import tariff in its upcoming negotiations with the World Trade Organisation.
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Article30 years strong
Cast your mind back to 1974 and what do you think of? On the football front Germany beat Holland in the World Cup and Liverpool won the FA Cup. In fashion kipper ties and flared trousers, and tottering platform shoes ruled. Meanwhile, ‘Tricky Dickie’ and his Watergate scandal was all over the newspapers, vying for column inches with our home-grown scandal, Lucky Lord Lucan and his vanishing act.In the world of food, McDonalds opened its first outlet in the UK. Peppers, courgettes and mangoes were exotic produce. Pineapple and cheese on sticks was the height of sophistication and Cadbury’s Smash was the last word in convenience. Eating out was, for the majority, a special occasion. Oh, and the traders of Covent Garden made the short, but life-changing trip south to New Covent Garden, a state-of-the-art wholesale centre in Vauxhall. thirty years on, Tommy Leighton reports.
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ArticleBanana Wars - final chapter
The fourth and final part of our Banana Wars excerpts concludes that the EU is in the position to make a difference in the Caribbean - if it, and other parties, are prepared to adopt a more flexible trading attitude.