Meldungen aus Europa – Page 4896
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Welsh the key to keep UK GM-free
A legal loophole could see the English government's hopes for genetically modified crops scuppered.
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ArticleLocal sourcing platform for school meal boom
The increased use of locally-sourced fresh produce is slashing school meal bills, said one Sunday newspaper.
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ArticleTop produce companies crippled by debt
Forty per cent of the top 1,000 UK fresh produce companies have spent the last three years gradually increasing their levels of debt and are now faced with severe commercial disadvantage
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ArticlePM delivers food and farming message
Prime Minister Tony Blair penned a letter for delegates at the Curry Commission - two years on event
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ArticleOlney calls for parity
John Olney, chairman of the Spitalfields Market Tenants’ Association, said it is essential that traders in E10 are granted permission by the Corporation of London to sell products that fall outside of their existing licensing arrangement.
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ArticleConservative Party slams 10-year plan
Shadow transport secretary Damian Green claimed the government has failed to generate confidence in its ability to tackle congestion effectively.
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Transfrigoroute congratules members efforts
Wincanton has produced an online safety manual for employees and an online risk assessment pilot, it was revealed at a Transfrigoroute meeting.
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Hedon is tickled by Blass
Blass has announced that Hedon Salads has gone live with the Blass PR2 windows business solution.
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ArticleCurry up before it's too late
Chairman of Defra's Sustainable Farming and Food Implementation Group Sir Don Curry is concerned that moves forward are not coming quickly enough to cope with the dynamism of the marketplace.
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ArticleInnovations lined up for Foodex Meatex
Foodex Meatex has reported that many exhibitors will be using this year’s show as a launch pad for new products and services.
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ArticleFTA calls for government honesty
The government needs to be honest about the level of performance that it expects from the UK’s transport infrastructure, according to the Freight Transport Association’s (FTA) president John Allan.
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Food Standards Agency survey receives praise
A Food Standards Agency (FSA) survey that spotlights the high levels of misleading labelling prevalent in the UK food industry has been praised by the NFU.
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Labour providers support licensing
The newly formed Association of Labour Providers has given its support to the gangmasters licensing bill due for a second reading next Friday, but it has concerns.
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Booze spending tops fruit and veg
The average UK household spends more each week on alcohol to drink at home than it does on fruit and vegetables.
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ArticleArgentinean pear crop drops
Pear production in Argentina is likely to fall this sesaon although export levels should be maintained.
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Israeli flower sales boom
Israeli flower growers exported 50 million stems to Europe in just three days last week for sale on Valentine's Day on February 14.
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ArticleRedbridge goes back to school
Redbridge's National School Fruit Scheme distribution contract in north-west England has been renewed for a second 12-month period.
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ArticleProducers feel pear apprehension
European pears have felt the heat this season and despite good storage, many producers are apprehensive about maintaining the quality and continuity of supplies. Emma Hatfield reports.
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ArticleDirect market-ing
Supplier rationalisation, according to 52 per cent of respondents to a recent freshinfo.com poll, will have the biggest effect on the industry in 2004. It has inarguably already had a major impact on countless companies at all levels of the supply chain. Some of those affected have taken matters into their own hands and forsaken the large volume customers for a more direct route to the consumer - farmers’ markets. Tommy Leighton talks to Cheryl Cohen of London Farmers’ Markets, and producer Peter Clarke, whose P&J Clarke has chosen to channel 80 per cent of its fruit and vegetables through this part of the system.