All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 146
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ArticleMelon market crisis
UK importers are reporting a crisis in the melon market as soaring temperatures surprisingly fail to boost consumption.
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ArticleDefra forced down refund route
UK importers will receive refunds from Defra, after the department admitted this week it has been charging for plant-health checks without the necessary statutory basis.
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More produce gets cartoon treatment
Children’s entertainment brand Nickelodeon is teaming up with US food firms to launch a children’s range of fruit and vegetable products featuring some of its popular cartoon characters.
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ArticleJersey sendings dip
The Jersey Royal season is winding up with sendings to the UK down on last year.
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ArticleBerry bodies link up
Spanish producer and exporter groups and associations have come together to form a whole-chain trade body that represents the entirety of strawberry production in the Huelva region.
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Murcia mulls promotional move
Fresh produce from the Spanish region Murcia could be set for a major promotional boost in key export markets such as the UK over the next three years.
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Chileans unite to improve image
Leaders of all the major food-sector groups in Chile are trying to relaunch their country’s stalled international promotional campaign.
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ArticleItalian citrus gains ground
Italian citrus exporters who profited from a frost-struck year in Spain in 2005 which saw exports soar are hoping to maintain some of the market share they won.
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ArticleCMi gets UKAS for LEAF
UK certification body CMi has earned accreditation with the UK Accreditation Service for the Linking the Environment and Farming (LEAF) marque standard.
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ArticleMixed bunch for grape supply
Grape suppliers to the UK are experiencing mixed fortunes this summer.
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ArticleCovent Garden fortunes rise
London’s New Covent Garden Market has announced an increase in annual turnover of 4.4 per cent to £519 million with growth in catering distribution up nearly 10 per cent on a year ago.
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CMO submissions pull no punches
Freshfel, representing the trade, and Copa-Cogeca, representing producers, have made their submissions to the European Commission on the reform of the CMO calling for links to increasing consumption and a more robust producer-organisation structure.
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ArticleDover success down to cranes
New cranes at Dover Cargo Terminal have been instrumental in getting the port new business.
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Peruvian citrus invigorated
The opening of the US market to Peruvian citrus in May this year is proving a fillip for sendings to Europe too.
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ArticleUS apple crop damaged
Recent hail storms as well as the effects of spring rain look likely to reduce US apple volumes in the major producing areas of the north-west and east of the country.
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ArticleSpanish berry profits slide
The Spanish strawberry sector has closed the 2005-06 season €25 million down on last season.
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ArticleStrawberries take sporting chance
The UK strawberry sector appears to have shrugged off the World Cup effect.
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ArticleFake Picota no danger to UK
Fake Picota cherries that have been upsetting producers of the genuine denomination of origin fruit in Spain are unlikely to find their way to the UK market.
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ArticleCameo club changes status
The Cameo club has become a limited company in order to develop the apple variety on a European scale.
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ArticleFruit flavours get real
Research from New Zealand could spell the end for synthetic fruit flavours.