State of the Market - Week 7, 2019

The U.S. market saw declines in blueberry and stonefruit prices in week 7, but the white seedless table grape market was performing well.

February 22 , 2019

U.K. and Ireland retailers warn of 40% tariffs on food in no-deal Brexit

The scheduled withdrawal on 29 March comes at a time in the year when the U.K. imports a lot of fresh, out-of-season, produce.

February 22 , 2019

U.S., China working on multiple memorandums for trade deal

The MoUs would reportedly cover areas including agriculture, non-tariff barriers, services, technology transfer and intellectual property.

February 21 , 2019

U.K.: Sainsbury's-Asda merger in doubt after regulator voices concerns

The Competition and Markets Authority has found "extensive competition concerns" in the proposed tie-up between the U.K.'s second- and third-largest supermarket groups, which it says will be "difficult" for the companies to address.

February 21 , 2019

NZ on alert after two fruit fly detections in Auckland

A Queensland fruit fly was spotted in the Devonport area last week, and a 'facialis' fruit fly was detected in the suburb of Otara earlier this week.

February 21 , 2019

Hong Kong lifts California romaine ban

The autonomous territory suspended imports of California romaine on Nov. 28 last year over food safety concerns, following an E. coli outbreak in the U.S. and Canada.

February 21 , 2019

Opinion: Passion vs. efficiency

Nic Jooste of Rotterdam-based Cool Fresh International provides a European branding specialist’s observations in New York.

February 21 , 2019

The Biocontrol Brief: Using conservation control to aid your pests' enemies

Two primary drivers for the need to implement conservation biocontrol are the use of broad range synthetic pesticides and monocropping.

February 20 , 2019

U.K. will apply food tariffs in case of no deal Brexit, says minister

The country's environment secretary said reports that Britain would operate a zero tariff regime in order to secure frictionless trade in a no-deal scenario were “not accurate”.

February 20 , 2019

African Blue opens new Moroccan blueberry packhouse

The company, in which Australia's Costa Group holds a majority stake, recently inaugurated the largest berry packing facility servicing the European market.

February 20 , 2019