Meldungen aus Europa – Page 2996
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Retailers prepared with new pre-packs
ational brands and supporting promotional material that once dominated retail shelves up until the 1980s have lost their
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Stonefruit in good health
Hard work by all elements of the chain in the stonefruit supply over the past 12 months may be paying off with both value and volume rises recorded
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South Africa reacts to EU citrus concerns
The South African citrus sector has reacted strongly to this week's Copa-Cogeca statement, which urged the EU Commission to put in place safety measures to protect against contaminated imports of citrus fruit coming in from South Africa.
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HPA identifies bagged spinach sickness link
The bagged salad industry is reeling after the Health Protection Agency this week linked 300 cases of consumer illness to cryptosporidium in spinach.
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T&G boss shown the door after Berlin bust up
New Zealand fresh produce company Turners & Growers has confirmed the departure of its chief executive Geoff Hipkins, according to FPJ's sister title Eurofruit.
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EC expects neonicotinoid suspension by July
The proposed suspension of three neonicotinoids is expected to come to fruition by July, according to the European Commision, despite environmental ministers failing to reach a majority vote on the insecticides’ future last week.
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Organic sales fall with production set to decline
The Soil Association this week revealed that the UK organics market suffered a 1.5 per cent sales decline in 2012.
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Catalan minister is new AREFLH president
AREFLH, the assembly of European fruit, vegetable and plant-producing regions has voted in a new president.
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Italian produce consumption slumps
Consumption of fresh produce in Italy has plummeted to a record low.
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TH Clements unveils new corporate look
Boston brassica grower TH Clements has unveiled a new corporate identity this week.
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Sainsbury's posts strong Q4 update
Sainsbury’s has posted strong sales growth for the fourth quarter as it issued its trading statement for the 10 weeks to 16 March 2013.
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Tesco suspends Soil & Seed venture
Tesco has suspended its organic box service Soil & Seed despite describing the service as producing “a well-received 12-week trial”.
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Philippines' onions set sail for Japan
Yellow granex onions from Bongabon in the Philippines have regained entry to the Japanese market after a 13-year gap.
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Greenery UK in major glasshouse deal
The Greenery UK is building new tomato glasshouses in a major deal with two Suffolk growers and a waste-management company.
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Good Housekeeping nod for Lasting Leaf
Bagged-salad brand Lasting Leaf has received the official Good Housekeeping Institute (GHI) endorsement.
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Poskitt elected acting NFU chair
The National Farmers’ Union has announced that Guy Poskitt will become acting chairman of the NFU Horticulture & Potatoes Board from next month as Sarah Dawson takes time off to have her baby.
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ND expands Chile logistics operation
Norbert Dentressangle has been steadily growing its share of the Chilean perishables market 18 months after its launch in Latin America.
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Early UK asparagus could triple output
Lincolnshire-based nursery Hargreaves Plants has revealed plans to begin trialling a new variety of green asparagus called Early California, which it suggests could radically alter the commercial landscape for UK asparagus.
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Soft-fruit grower praises sustainable innovation
An early crop of Driscoll's Lusa stawberries is set to hit UK supermarkets this week.
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Chemical giants back neonicotinoids outcome
Agri-chemical companies Syngenta and Bayer CropScience have both praised the European Commission's decision not to ban several of the world's most widely used insecticides.