Importers of fruit into Sri Lanka will be required to obtain a report on heavy metals starting from June 1 as part of the country's efforts to improve food safety, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The new requirement came after a recent survey by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, which
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As the UK’s new trade deals with Australia and New Zealand come into effect, the IOE&IT Daily Update rounds up the latest trade developments from the two nations. read more

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully transported its first shipments of avocados from Kenya to Brunei using Carrier Transicold’s innovative EverFRESH Controlled Atmosphere system. read more

Fine Food Australia, the largest food industry event in the Australasian region, is scheduled for September 11-14, 2023. The event is Australia’s leading trade exhibition for the foodservice, hospitality, and retail industries, with 19,000+ professional visitors. The show alternates locations
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Superplum has announced the launch of a new pre-packed fresh lychee offering as India’s season kicks off. read more

Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. read more

EastFruit analysts review a recent surge in kiwifruit imports for the latest season in Georgia. They also address more long-term trends. For the first time, import volumes are more than 50% of the local production, which in turn has not decreased. This means the demand has grown. read more

The UK’s trade deals with Australia and New Zealand have come into force. The agreements are the first trade deals negotiated post-Brexit to enter into force and come after the UK, Australia and New Zealand completed their domestic ratification processes. read more

Ricky Chong with World Fresh Exports just returned from a month-long trip to China where he and his team visited several growers and packhouses and saw the development of China’s fresh produce industry first hand. “I was blown away by how much agriculture there is in China,” said Chong. At
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Dirk Winkelmann, president of Vanguard Direct, gives an update on the industry and its ongoing supply chain challenges. According to Winkelmann, there has been improvement in areas such as North America and Europe. However, Asia and Mexico are still experiencing many challenges. read more

As the domestic lemon supply is limited, operators currently seem to prefer the imported produce. read more

Bringing together bright, healthy, and inspiring vegetables, along with a deeper understanding of the foods we eat and why, is Rijk Zwaan's focus at this year's Hort Connections. read more

The southern part of India is in the midst of the mango season and sales are really increasing at the moment, says Amit Sharma, owner of fruit trader Fresko Fruits: “We’re currently in the Banganapalle mango season, which originated in the Southern part of India. Sales are looking good as
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Start-up Superplum has announced the launch of a new range of packaged fresh lychees at the start of the Indian lychee season. The company is using innovative cold chain technology to keep its lychees fresh for up to 15 days. This would have
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The Primorsky Interregional Department of Rosselkhoznadzor prevented the import of a batch of fresh lettuce, a quarantine pest for the EAEU was identified. read more

EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski will be visiting India on 6-12 December 2023, accompanied by a business delegation of senior representatives from the EU agri-food sector, in conjunction with the European Commission’s presence at SIAL India international fair with an EU
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Zespri says its 2022/23 financial results reflect a “challenging period” for the kiwifruit industry. read more

T&G Global has opened its new state-of-the-art, highly automated apple packhouse in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, one of the largest in the Southern Hemisphere.  read more

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines has granted a certificate of geographical indication (GI) to mangoes grown in the central province of Guimaras for their reputation as the country’s sweetest mangoes.  read more

A banana of the Cavendish variety, genetically modified by Queensland University of Technology and highly resistant to Panama disease TR4, has been submitted to the Australian government for approval, Fruitnet reports. read more