Oppy expands in avocado category with Eco Farms stake acquisition

Oppy has recently acquired a 65% stake in Eco Farms, a leading avocado grower since 1972 and the first to grow and market organic avocados in the U.S.

October 13 , 2020

Ecuador forecasts lighter and flatter mango season

Bernardo Malo, president of the Mango Ecuador Foundation, said he expects not only lower volumes than last year but also a less marked peak.

October 12 , 2020

USDA eases import requirements for fresh blueberries from Chile

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) said the much-anticipated move, which comes just before the start of the Chilean blueberry season, is effective immediately.

October 09 , 2020

Gulf port operations disrupted with Hurricane Delta due to hit on Friday

Hurricane Delta is currently a category 2 with 105 mph winds but it's expected to strengthen into a major hurricane before hitting land on Friday afternoon.

October 08 , 2020

Spanish grapes: Slow market diversification this year balanced with strong EU demand

Joaquin Gomez of Apoexpa said that the country - whose main grape markets are the U.K. and Germany - has been trying to make inroads into destinations around the world, but that this year has been "much slower".

October 08 , 2020

Giumarra tests autonomous planes for produce shipments

The Giumarra Companies has announced a joint project with Mountain View, Calif.-based startup Reliable Robotics Corporation to test shipments of produce utilizing autonomous aircraft technology.

October 07 , 2020

Chilean raspberry scam dodged food safety controls from China to Canada - Reuters

The scheme, pieced together for the first time by Reuters, lays bare the ease with which mislabeled, potentially risky products can be slipped past the world’s health and customs agencies.

October 06 , 2020

Mission Produce COO: Nasdaq listing will accelerate our growth plans

"So from an internal standpoint we're very excited, from a commercial standpoint it's going to unleash a lot of opportunities for us, to continue to do many of the things we've already done but maybe do them in a little bigger scale and to do them with a little brisker timeline."

October 06 , 2020

Canada tightens restrictions on romaine lettuce imports following E. coli outbreaks

Starting on Wednesday, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will require that importers prove that their product does not come from California's Salinas Valley or that their lettuce has "below-detectable" levels of E. coli in laboratory testing.

October 05 , 2020

Walmart sells Asda for $8.8B

U.S.-based Walmart has agreed to sell its wholly-owned U.K. supermarket chain Asda - one of Britain's 'Big Four' grocers - to private equity group TDR Capital and the founders of petrol station operator EG Group for £6.8bn ($8.8bn) on a debt-free and cash-free basis.

October 02 , 2020