WTO Members started the fifteenth Trade Policy Review of the European Union in Geneva today, examining the EU’s trade policy and practices from the end of 2019 until the end of 2022. read more

A tour of the Epicurean Food Group’s exotic mushroom facility north of Adelaide has given 50 Hort Connections delegates a taste of the newly established farm’s potential to achieve its goal of reversing Australia’s reliance on imported Oyster, Shiitake, Enoki, Lion’s Mane and other
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

On the occasion of World Environment Day, the Louis Bonduelle Foundation's #zerosprecoincucina tour starts again, arriving at the Colleges of Merit in three different cities: Milan, at the Camplus Turro college, Brescia, at the Luigi Lucchini University College, and Turin,
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From industry leaders, experts and analysts to the bosses of some of Britain’s leading suppliers and supermarkets, Festival of Fresh 2023 has something for everyone. read more

Leading packaging manufacturer Coveris has announced the opening of a pioneering new recycling facility at its factory in Louth, Lincolnshire, that uses ground-breaking de-inking technology to help produce new printed packaging films from recycled waste product. read more

Chilean fruit producer federation Fedefruta has warned that planned changes to water laws put forward by the government of Gabriel Boric will have a detrimental impact on the country’s fruit industry. read more

Attendees will meet certified organic companies from Spain, Portugal and the rest of the world and have the chance to discover the latest innovations in the sector, try different products, and form contacts with wholesalers, retailers, supermarkets, distributors and restaurants. read more

The volume exported reached 249,314 tons of fresh mangoes, compared to the 232,275 tons shipped in the same period of the previous campaign, according to figures from the Peruvian Association of Mango Producers and Exporters (APEM). read more

UK retailer Tesco has redistributed 88% of its surplus food in the UK, beating its own target of 85%. The target, set in 2016, was beaten in the last year thanks largely to the supermarket’s relationships with partners including FareShare and Olio. Last year, Tesco donated more than 25 million
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Brisbane wholesale market operator Brisbane Markets Limited (BML) and representative organisation Brismark have agreed to terms that create a pathway for the possibility of BML listing on ASX at some point in the future. read more

Good Shopping' conquers Amsterdam: MD-branded products win 6 awards at PLMA, the Trade Show organised annually by the Private Label Manufacturers Association, the only industry association dedicated exclusively to the promotion of products
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Few fruits and vegetables in the diet, especially those rich in the antioxidant flavonols, promote age-related memory loss. read more

Last Saturday, a violent cloudburst caused heavy damage in the Caserta area. As Meteoweb reports, around 800 hectares of tomato and other vegetable crops, as well as maize and wheat, went up in smoke, particularly in the municipalities of Marcianise, Gricignano, Orta di Atella and Succivo. "Still
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Single-serving salads are certainly not having one of their best moments, thanks to a proposal for EU regulations on packaging that 'weighs' on their future. But there are those who try to take alternative routes and they immediately go viral; read more

In northern Greece, police officers have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America. Police seized two suspect containers at the port of Piraeus and, after taking them to the port of Thessaloniki, found 100 bricks of
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The list of fresh herbs is long. As true aromatic wonders, they have taken the culinary scene by storm with their diverse uses. Well-known domestic kitchen herbs, but also herbs previously classified as exotic, such as basil with its peppery, spicy flavour, are now being used in a variety of ways.
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McGarlet, a leading importer, distributor and processor of exotic fruits from around the world, has in recent months added a new version of the much sought-after McGarlet drinking coconut to its distribution lines. read more

The resilience of global food security is a critical concern. Facing limited access to land and potential disruption of the food markets, alternative, scalable, and efficient production systems are needed as a complementary buffer for the maintenance of food production integrity. The purpose of
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The plenary of the European Parliament approved by a very large majority (603 votes in favour, 18 against, 8 abstentions) its position on the reform of the PDO and PGI system; read more