These days traceability is everything, whether it’s for the end customer to see the provenance of the product or to get right back to the source if there are health issues. Further, what producer, packer or supplier would not want to have every cost in the whole process from field to shelf
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UK agriculture faces a period of uncertainty, with the removal of direct support payments, volatile markets and tight margins leaving many farmers out of pocket. At the same time, food production will need to increase to support an ever-growing population. FW’s business reporter Charlie Reeve
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The Central Horticultural Association (ZVG) sees a need for readjustment of the planned EU Packaging Regulation. In particular, the implementation requirements for small and medium-sized enterprises are critically assessed. read more

On 3 April 1973, the heads of the major food industry and distribution companies in the United States met to choose the symbol that would be used to identify products in shops. The winning design consisted of bars of varying thicknesses and a
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This year, a significant number of representatives from the chestnut production sector will attend Macfrut - one of the leading fresh produce events in Europe to be held in Rimini on May 3-5, 2023 - for the first time. read more

Orogel, a leading Italian company in the production of fresh and frozen vegetables, expands its fleet withUlma Packaging, which boasts 20 years of experience in the food sector and is present in Italy with its branch in Gragnano Trebbiense (PC), one of 23 in the group. read more

Trade promotional body ZimTrade has stated that Zimbabwe’s citrus exports to the EU are likely to be affected by new pre-cooling requirements put in place by the bloc and also present opportunities to diversify markets, which will ensure continued exports for farmers in the subsector. The EU
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Bart de Vos has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer, and Timo Spruijt as Sales Director EMEA at Ridder.     read more

APM Terminals, part of A.P. Moller - Maersk, has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project involves a site of approximately 47.5 hectares with 1,000 metres of deep-sea quay. read more

The retail data company Daltix collects current prices, price offers and product information on the full range of the largest supermarkets, drugstores and food delivery services every day. Within the scope of a current survey, the assortments throughout Germany - a total of over
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The export of Spanish citrus fruits from 2018 to date has suffered a significant drop in volume. In 2022, the loss in tonnes was 14.7%, and although prices were on average 16.18% higher than last year, the figure for total sales was lower
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In a note, Gerardo Diana, president of the Consortium Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, thanked the Sicilian Regional Forestry Corps and Noras (Nucleo Operativo Regionale Agroalimentare Sicilia - Regional Agri-food Operations Unit) for their capillary control work, which led to the discovery of over 1,000 kilos of oranges
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Due to rising energy costs, this year's vegetable season in Burgenland is starting 1-2 weeks later. There will be some minor losses due to the later start, but there are not many Austrian farms that have started earlier anyway, paprika grower Lisa Thell from Pamhagen told ORF. Saving energy is
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"Our objective was to supply consumers with high-quality plum tomatoes. The project started two years ago, in the midst of the pandemic, thanks to the passion and professionalism of a restricted number of people who believed in it. It started with a market investigation to understand the
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In keeping with its commitment to be ever closer to its customers, Dia is strengthening its model of proximity and food available to all with the opening of six new shops in various parts of the Madrid region (Madrid, Getafe and Guadarrama), which open their doors to the public.
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This was stated at a meeting with the heads of the Citrus Management Committee (CGC). During the meeting, the technical team of the minister has presented the latest data on the citrus season, the actions undertaken in the plan of measures adopted in 2019.
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APM Terminals has announced the expansion of its Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam. The project covers an area of approximately 47.5 ha with a 1,000 m long (operational) deep-sea quay. The new quay walls are currently being constructed by the Port of Rotterdam Authority and are scheduled to be completed by mid
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As of this week, outdoor rhubarb is being diligently cut at the Nefzger farm in the Bavarian town of Inchenhofen, district Sainbach. "We are starting this year's harvest at about the same time as in previous years," says owner Peter Nefzger, pointing to the good conditions at the start of the
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"For us, this TOMRA Talks has definitely been a great event. We have been working on it for more than 4 months and with the excellent help of Borrell we have exceeded our expectations. The companies showed a lot of interest from the very beginning and in total we have managed to gather more than 65 companies.
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In 2017, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Chinese General Administration of Customs started the technical information exchange procedure, which included a virtual audit on Spain's phytosanitary control and certification system for persimmon. read more