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Australia suspends US fruit
2010-03-31
Australia has suspended imports of US cherries and table grapes, as quarantine authorities await the outcome of tests .

Australia last week suspended imports of cherries, table grapes and strawberries from
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Chilean fruit industry assesses damage from earthquake
2010-03-02
The Chilean fresh fruit industry is assessing the impact of last weekend’s earthquake on production areas in southern and central regions of the country.
 
Fresh Info reports that, at this
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Chile quake affects logistics network
2010-03-01
The 8.8-magnitude earthquake which struck Chile in the early hours of Saturday (27 February) is reportedly causing logistical problems for the fresh fruit trade given that much of the country’s infrastructure
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South Africa to ship its biggest pear export crop in history
2010-03-01
The latest crop estimates released by the South African grower organisation, Hortgro Services, points to the country harvesting a record pear export crop this season. The projection of 14,574 million cartons
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Tesco fresh produce directors move on
2010-02-11
Tesco Director Tim Lee, who was responsible for the development of Tesco’s global direct sourcing project, is reported to be leaving the company. Mr Lee has played a crucial role in
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New European import regulation causes concern in UK trade
2010-02-11
A new regulation affecting produce imports has angered the trade amid allegations of government hypocrisy over cutting red tape.

EC regulation 669/2009, which came in on 25 January, could see produce
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UK produce industry slowly re-emerging
2010-01-10
Reports indicate that the fresh produce market in the United Kingdom is making a steady recovery from the recession. A leading analyst in the United Kingdom has forecast a stronger year for
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Research backs pomegranate powers
2010-01-10
News agencies report that research in the United States has found that eating pomegranates, which contain anti-aromatase phytochemicals, reduces the incidence of hormone-dependent breast cancer.
 
The study’s results have just been published
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Karsten Group still flying into the future, reports Britain\'s Fresh Peroduce Journal
2010-01-10
In minibus, somewhere between Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt, Piet Karsten once described the running of his fruit farming business as similar as piloting a jumbo jet. Once you have loaded
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Extreme weather in Northern Hemisphere set to continue
2010-01-07
Snowy and icy conditions likely to continue affecting distribution of goods during the coming days in the United Kingdom and Europe, while in North America winter temperatures have also dropped to
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UK produce industry slowly re-emerging
2010-01-07
Reports indicate that the fresh produce market in the United Kingdom is making a steady recovery from the recession.
 
A leading analyst in the United Kingdom has forecast a stronger year for
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Grapefruit joins SA produce promotion
2010-01-06
The South African Citrus Growers Association (CGA) has formally announced that it will join this year’s comprehensive promotion for South African fruit in the United Kingdom.
 
The organisation will promote South African
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Subsole receives Tesco supply award
2009-12-18
Chilean group Subsole has been named “Best Supplier in the Southern Hemisphere” by UK retail giant, Tesco PLC, during the retailer’s annual awards dinner in London.

Tesco’s “Produce Grower & Supplier
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Chinese New Year fits South African grapes
2009-12-18
fruitnet.com reports that the date of Chinese New Year 2010 will slot neatly into South Africa’s grape programme.
 
South African table grape exporters say that they will have additional packing weeks this
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Meeting commitments and loyalty to clients guides Karsten Group
2009-12-17
In cricketing terms one would describe the business of the Karsten Group as playing a Twenty20 match every day of the year.  You start every day from scratch and you need
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Unstable weather eats into Chilean volume
2009-12-14
 The adverse spring weather in Chile has cast a shadow over the country’s table grape, stonefruit, blueberry, kiwifruit, apple and pear seasons in 2009/10, with export shortfalls expected across most of
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South African industry group blames imported produce for quality complaints
2009-11-12
New South African fruit industry body, HORTGRO Services, says the poor quality of import fruit, especially stone fruit, has given rise to many consumer complaints in South Africa in recent months.
 
The
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Trade predicts early season table grape shortage in Europe
2009-11-11
Fruitnet.com reports that supplies from the Southern Hemisphere are forecast to be scarce on the European market from November onwards.
 
Severe rainfall in Brazil and cooler-than-normal weather conditions in South Africa are
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Chilean breakthrough in China
2009-10-30
A Chilean delegation consisting of fresh produce export leaders and the Minister of Agriculture Marigen Hornkohl has had successful discussions in China and South Korea to increase trade opportunities with those
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Strong demand for Midnight Beauty
2009-10-30
South African producers are reportedly investing in new plantings of Sun World's proprietary variety Sugrathirteen.
 
Sun World International, the US-based fresh fruit producer and marketer, says in a statement that South African
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Challenging season for South African grape exporters, reports Eurofruit
2009-10-30
The first South African and Namibian table grapes of the new season were scheduled to be packed in week 45 and the season in the Orange River region will be in
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KARSTEN GROUP AND WESTFALIA SPICE UP SOUTH AFRICA’S PRESENCE AT FRUIT LOGISTICA
2009-01-15

Two leading growers and exporters in different fields of fresh produce will spice up South Africa’s participation in next month’s Fruit Logistica in Berlin.  The Karsten Group, the country’s

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Karsten Farms handed Tesco award
2008-12-02

The South Africa-based grower has been named as Tesco's Southern Hemisphere grower of the year
South Africa’s leading table grape grower and exporter, the Karsten Group, has been

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