The US, Canada, Australia and China are sending out warnings to the public over Abbott infant formula products after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it was investigating four consumer complaints of Cronobacter sakazakii and Salmonella
Yesterday, some 250 delivery trucks drove through the main road of Benguet to protest the continuous smuggling of vegetables and other crops from China at the expense of local growers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of a decision to revise the requirements relative to the importation into the United States of plums (Prunus domestica) from Chile.
The European Union has been demanding the main banana supplying countries for a couple of years to eliminate or reduce the maximum limits of chemical residues they normally use to control the incidence of certain diseases.
A survey into public perceptions of emerging alternative proteins has revealed that a third of UK consumers would try cultured meat, and a quarter would try edible insects.
European consumers trust fruit and vegetables and, in fact, more than half of the population consumes them on a daily basis, although there is still a widespread lack of knowledge about the production systems used.
Russia’s Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) has stopped the supply of various types of vegetables and fruits to the capital’s market from producers in several countries including Egypt, China and Iran.
Police have seized around 1,000 kg of marijuana worth nearly Rs 20 mln (€240,000) at Bhind in Madhya Pradesh from a truck carrying bananas from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Mostafa Daraeinejad, the head of Iran’s Fruit and Vegetables Association in Tehran, has said various countries have banned imports of Iranian fruits and vegetables due to mold or high pesticide residues.
In what seems to be an updated enforcement of international standards for agricultural exports, Ugandan entities have started conducting new phytosanitary checks at the entry and exit terminals of Entebbe International Airport.
Turkish food engineer Bülent Şık has reported the European Union's rejection of several batches of lemons, mandarins and grapefruits from Turkey as high levels of residues of chlorpyrifos, banned in the EU, were detected.
