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Source: The Jakarta Post   Batam Agriculture Quarantine Agency (BKP) on Friday destroyed 1,300 packages of fruit and vegetables imported from China and Singapore without complete import documents. The increase in illegal imports of fruit and vegetables could pose health risks for people who consume them. The agency’s head ofContinue Reading

Source: Bernama.com.my   BANGKOK, April 8 (Bernama) — Exports of frozen and dried fruits and vegetables in 2013 are projected to sustain growth of 10 per cent from last year and Thailand would earn approximately US$1.56 billion, said Srirat Rastapana, director-general of International Trade Promotion Department. She said during theContinue Reading

Source: Live Science   Ah, the rich taste of chocolate: cocoa beans, sugar and … fruit juice? Yes, fruit juice could be a newchocolate ingredient, according to research presented Sunday (April 7) at the annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans. This isn’t some gourmet fad like baconContinue Reading

Source: New Times   Oh, South Florida, how do we love you? Let us count the ways: Tons of sun. Pleasant, year-round temperatures. Some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. Yes, living in paradise certainly has its benefits — especially when it comes to eating exotic foods —Continue Reading

Source: Minda News   DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/15 March) — With its capacity to meet the required volume and quality for export, it would be easy for the local durian industry to enter the global market. Marilou N. Infante of the Regional Crop Protection Center, Department of Agriculture (DA) 11, saidContinue Reading

Source: The Standard   CHIPINGE — More than 200 small-scale irrigation farmers in Mutema and Chibuwe villages are set to benefit from a banana plantation project financed by Matanuska, a farming concern controlled by Malaysian investors. The company last year gave villagers inputs such as fertilisers and suckers to startContinue Reading

Source: Science Daily Humans aren’t the only species with a sweet tooth. Research from North Carolina State University shows that the invasive spotted-wing vinegar fly (Drosophila suzukii) also prefers sweet, soft fruit — giving us new insight into a species that has spread across the United States over the pastContinue Reading

Source: Pakistan Today   ISLAMABAD – Chief Executive Officer Harvest Tradings, Ahmad Jawad has said that Russia can be the biggest fruit market for Pakistani exporters. Speaking in a seminar here, Jawad noted that the size of Russian fruit market is around $5.77 billion of which imports account for 80 percent. However,Continue Reading

Source: Fresh Fruit Portal   The Philippine banana industry has had its fair share of difficulties over the last 12 months, but a major company has given a vote of confidence in the sector with plans for expansion. AgriNurture Inc (ANI) recently spent PHP1 billion (US$24.585 million) on a bananaContinue Reading

Source: Inter Press Service   DOUALA, Cameroon, Mar 14 2013 (IPS) – The fruit farmers in Njombe, a small town in the coastal Littoral Region of Cameroon, learned a life lesson about “making lemonade out of lemons” – or rather “dried fruit out of fruit” when their land was takenContinue Reading

Source: The Grocer   Fresh fruit and veg could be contaminated with viruses such as norovirus if it has been exposed to water used to dilute pesticides, a new study has warned. “Water containing hNoV [human norovirus] used to dilute pesticides may be an important source of infectious hNoV in freshContinue Reading