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    Tacon gets the produce industry’s backing

    2013-04-16T10:16:03Z

    The announcement of Christine Tacon, the former MD of The Co-operative Farms, as the long-awaited groceries code adjudicator has been well received by the fresh produce industry.

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    South African growers 'back in business'

    2013-04-16T10:16:03Z

    South African fruit growers are expected to resume full-scale harvesting and packing operations after unions ended strike action that had resulted in large-scale disruptions and damage to property over the past three months, a provincial Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) official said on Tuesday (22 January).

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    F&V ‘cheapest at greengrocers’, says new show

    2013-04-16T10:16:03Z

    This week’s Channel 4 documentary claiming greengrocers and independent retailers are selling fruit and vegetables up to 35 per cent cheaper than supermarkets is “not surprising”, according to one leading greengrocer.

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    Price inflation and PR push boosts apples

    2013-04-16T10:16:03Z

    English apples have seen 18 per cent price inflation this season and benefited from supermarkets lowering their specifications, as well as a major PR push, growers’ representatives report.

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    Peru's asparagus sets sights on China

    2013-04-16T10:16:02Z

    According to Peruvian press reports, China will open up to exports of asparagus from Peru in the next two months.

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    Russia bans EU seed-potato imports

    2013-04-16T10:16:02Z

    Russian plant-health body Rosselkhoznadzor has announced that it is imposing a temporary ban on seed-potato imports from the EU.

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    Salmonella found in thyme at Sainsbury's

    2013-04-16T10:16:02Z

    Sainsbury’s has launched an investigation into one of its suppliers after salmonella was found in a packet of the retailer’s own label lemon thyme.

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    South African strikes suspended

    2013-04-16T10:16:02Z

    Members of the Food & Allied Workers Union (FAWU) in South Africa have given their union a mandate to suspend strike action in farms where there is an offer on the table to pay workers “significantly more” than R100 (£7.11) a day.

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    Minister visits New Covent Garden after crash

    2013-04-16T10:16:01Z

    DEFRA secretary of state Owen Paterson MP visited New Covent Garden Flower Market on Monday to talk to tenants about the impact of last week’s fatal helicopter crash on business.

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    BCPC reveals new pesticide guide

    2013-04-16T10:16:01Z

    The British Crop Production Council has announced the publication of The UK Pesticide Guide 2013.

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    NFU unhappy with delay on AWB future

    2013-04-16T10:16:01Z

    The NFU has described Unite as "misleading" following the trade union's suggestion that last week's House of Lords debate has put a "brake" on abolition plans for the Agricultural Wages Board.

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    Psa cure shelved in New Zealand

    2013-04-16T10:16:01Z

    New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries has shelved a potential treatment for the Psa vine disease.

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    Alan Bartlett reveals new soup Bowlfuls

    2013-04-16T10:16:01Z

    Cambridgeshire root crop specialist Alan Bartlett & Sons has introduced a new range of branded fresh soups it is selling exclusively through Tesco.

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    Chileans call for export clarity

    2013-04-16T10:16:01Z

    Chilean fresh fruit exporters association Asoex has called on the Chilean government to clarify its export policy.

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    Vote for future of AWB delayed by six weeks

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Unite's push for Labour and Liberal Democrat peers appears to have paid off with the government putting the brakes on its plans to cut the pay of 150,000 rural workers on Wednesday.

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    Port of Felixstowe quash BBC weather claims

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    The Port of Felixstowe has denied reports by the BBC that its service has been badly affected by today's snowy weather.

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    Biobest launches Flying Doctors

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Biological control specialist Biobest has launched a new system for delivering biological plant protection, replacing spraying.

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    Co-operatives announce top-fruit partnership

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Two top-fruit co-operatives have merged to create a 16-member group that will span the south-east and east of England.

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    Groceries code adjudicator named

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Christine Tacon, former MD of Co-operative Farms has been named as the long-awaited independent groceries code adjudicator.

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    700 new jobs at Tesco following online success

    2013-04-16T10:16:00Z

    Tesco says that the popularity of its online grocery service has allowed it to create 700 new jobs at a new dotcom store based in Crawley.