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Spain: Westfalia to exhibit at Fruit Attraction for first time in 2017

The avocado company has also recently completed its 2017 phase of plantings in nearby Portugal.
September 05 , 2017

Australia: OzGroup aims for first India-bound blueberry exports in 2017

The co-operative's CEO says small shipments made for Australian Business Week in India (ABWI) went very well.
September 05 , 2017

U.K.: Fresh produce could be “left to rot” at borders, warns Sainsbury’s boss

He says that as the clock counts down to the official Brexit date of March 2019, retailers will strongly be making this point to government officials.
September 05 , 2017

New varieties needed to upgrade Chinese fruit industry, says Joy Wing Mau head

The executive emphasized there was much work to be done within the country for the produce sector to remain sustainable and competitive.
September 05 , 2017

Unintended effects of NAFTA rejig could be "quite dramatic", says Driscoll's CEO

Kevin Murphy says a potential streamlining of anti-dumping laws would have a "chilling effect" on everybody.
September 05 , 2017

Sensory tests bode well for Orri citrus in East Asia

The Israeli easy peelers performed well in taste preference surveys with Chinese and Japanese consumers.
September 05 , 2017

U.S.: FDA links two more Mexican papaya farms to salmonella outbreak

U.S. authorities now also suspect a farm in the state of Jalisco as well as in Campeche.
September 05 , 2017

Photo Gallery: World's Biggest Guacamole in Jalisco, Mexico

They absolutely smashed it.
September 05 , 2017

NZ: MPI trialing holograms at Auckland Airport to tackle biosecurity threats

Traveler education is at the core of a new scheme which seeks to avoid scares like the Queensland fruit fly detection that occurred in 2015.
September 04 , 2017

Ecuadorian banana grower strike called off, claims AEBE

"Thankfully the government didn't declare an emergency but they did offer two things," says Ecuadorian banana export sector head Eduardo Ledesma.
September 04 , 2017