All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 91
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ArticleBenn blasted on date labelling
Retail representatives have said that scrapping best-before dates as suggested this week by Hilary Benn, secretary of state for the environment, food and rural affairs, will not reduce food waste.
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Reynolds earns certification accolades
Reynolds Catering Supplies Ltd has been awarded two accolades for its commitment to food safety and the environment.
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ArticleDEFRA brings in fire-fighter as new minister
DEFRA has announced Jane Kennedy's replacement as farming minister.
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New European fruit summit scheduled
Italy will host a Europe-wide fruit summit on October 6.
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GFSI makes first strides
The first results of progress towards food safety harmonisation have been announced under the new Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI).
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Argentina faces citrus export slide
Argentina’s citrus growers will be exporting far less of their crop this year due to drought, difficult economic conditions and large volumes of fruit in Europe.
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Spanish stonefruit optimism
Spanish growers’ leaders in the region of Murcia have said their sector is just starting a “promising” stonefruit season.
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ArticleBlackcurrants in Purple Power push
The Blackcurrant Foundation has teamed up with the National Schools Partnership (NSP) to take its Purple Power campaign into primary schools.
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ArticleFPC responds on ombudsman
The Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC) has responded to the Competition Commission’s order on a grocery market ombudsman with ambivalence.
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ArticleGreen takes Re:fresh to task
Lincolnshire farmer and TV chef Rachel Green had her work cut out keeping the closing panel session of Re:fresh 2009 on track and on task.
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Spanish look to Aussie Navel
A newly formed alliance of three citrus exporters in Valencia is starting work on production of the recently launched Australian Navel clone M7.
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Spanish exports fall
Spanish fresh produce exports fell by four per cent year on year during the first quarter of 2009.
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Rail hub on the cards for Spalding
Authorities and agencies in Lincolnshire are looking into the establishment of a rail hub in Spalding.
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Caribbeans ramp up banana pressure on EU
Caribbean Community (Caricom) trade ministers have expressed their dismay at the latest set of proposals from the European Union for new banana-import tariff measures.
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Sun Valley in packhouse investment
Sun Valley Biofruit has unveiled a new packhouse to handle its organic citrus grown in the eastern Cape in South Africa.
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Israel's fig season rebounds
Agrexco has Israeli figs available again for export after a short spring break.
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Zespri forecasts strong Gold returns
New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri is forecasting stable or increased returns on two out of three of its kiwifruit lines this season.
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Fresh produce shrugs off recession talk
New research from Plimsoll Publishing suggests that almost half of the UK fresh produce industry has not been affected by the global economic slowdown.
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Trade pollsters back Irish growers' move
More than 80 per cent of pollsters on freshinfo this past week believe that the action of Irish growers last week storming a Tesco executive meeting in a local hotel is the way to get a point across.