All articles by Kathy Hammond – Page 205

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    Spanish react to toll threats

    2003-05-30T00:00:00Z

    Spanish producer and trade organisations are calling on regional, national and EU authorities to prevent the introduction in France and Germany of new road tolls for lorries.

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    NZ calls for sea change

    2003-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Authorities in New Zealand are seeking the inclusion of a biological article in new rules on the maritime transport of goods being drawn up for the United Nations by the Comité Martime Internationale.

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    Capespan restructures in Scotland

    2003-05-29T00:00:00Z

    Capespan is making major changes to its Livingston operation in Scotland.

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    Redbridge chooses Bristol for launch

    2003-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The company's 5-a-day scheme goes live.

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    Palestine gears up for Gap

    2003-05-28T00:00:00Z

    A group of four Palestinian co-operatives are working towards Eurep-Gap certification by January.

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    Zespri honoured

    2003-05-28T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri International has won a Trade New Zealand Export Award for its outstanding achievements in overseas markets.

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    Kiwi growers keen on EurepGap

    2003-05-26T00:00:00Z

    New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri International has reported that take up within the industry for EurepGap has been "outstanding".

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    Chile clinches Israeli deal

    2003-05-23T00:00:00Z

    The Chilean Nursery Association has purchased rights to grow several Israeli registered and patented citrus varieties in Chile.

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    Produce battles through

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    The suspension of British Airways flights to Kenya appears to be having a minimal effect on produce arrivals from East Africa into the UK.

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    Food miles clocked

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Food miles can be expected to become a bigger issue in the future of fresh produce in the UK.

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    Consumer demand ferocious

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Consumer demand is the most ferocious market force, according to Tesco's Sir Terry Leahy speaking at an international conference this week.

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    Redbridge forges links

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    One of the UK's largest producer companies Redbridge Holdings has made two important moves in the wholesale sector this week.

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    FPC reacts to Guardian

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    The Fresh Produce Consortium will be writing to The Guardian following the publication of its series of weekend supplements which are critical of the way food is produced for UK consumers.

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    Spitalfields hosts fruit MPs

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    The Parliamentary British Fruit Industry Group (PBFIG) visited New Spitalfields market this week to glean a thorough understanding of how UK produce is sold.

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    KG smashes record

    2003-05-22T00:00:00Z

    Soft-fruit supplier KG Fruits has announced record results for 2002.

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    South African board certified

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    South Africa's Perishable Products Export Control Board has won British Retail Consortium authorisation for certification.

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    Industry makes exceptional profit

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    A high proportion of UK produce businesses are proving exceptionally profitable, a new report has found.

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    Spain's stone-fruit opportunity

    2003-05-15T00:00:00Z

    Peach and nectarine production in Spain is set to benefit from reduced crops elsewhere in Europe with volumes on a par with last year.

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    Florida appeal edges closer

    2003-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Confidence in Florida is growing that the state's citrus department (FDOC) will win on appeal in a case brought by six growers that ruled the state's citrus tax was unconstitutional.

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    Egypt's grape on course

    2003-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Egyptian grape will arrive in the UK around June 1 and fill a window through to the middle of July, according to Husam El-Din Awad, managing director of Fruitex, one of the country's top five grape exporters.