The first press review for raw materials in agri food industry
The Western Pistachio Association provides the following important information and clarification related to the voluntary recall of pistachios due to potential Salmonella contamination.
The government will regulate the exportation of raw cashew nuts as a way of encouraging the development of local industries, processing factories and job creation. Agriculture Minister William Ruto told reporters on Thursday…
Prices are going up as there is no more availability. There are still some 11/13 from the Black Sea left, but the small fruits from Akçakoca (only small fruits without aflatoxin) have disappeared while the premium
The EU-27 is a net importer of tree nuts with imports by volume exceeding exports by more than fifteen times. EU demand has been increasing over the years, while domestic production within the Member States generally has not risen at….
As they gear up to plant this year’s crop, for many peanut farmers in Gaines County it’s time to cast the dice and hold their breath because the fate of the region’s industry could depend on October’s harvest.
Prune industry members have undertaken monthly meetings to discuss how to best address market uncertainty created by trade barriers, increasing world production and the global economic crisis.
El 70% de la producción nacional tiene como destino el mercado externo. En 2008 se pagó u$s1.700 la tonelada. Actualmente el valor FOB ronda los u$s750. Desde el sector señalan que la situación es de total incertidumbre.
Mozambican cashew nut processing factory, Macia Castanha Moçambique (MCM), located in Macia, in Mozambique’s Gaza province, expects this year to process 1,000 tonnes of cashew nuts, the factory’s owner said.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced more recalls involving possible contaminated pistachios produced by Setton Farms Inc. The California company last week expanded its nationwide recall of roasted shelled and in-shell pistachios…
California walnut brokers and growers, struggling to market a record-shattering 2008 harvest – nearly 160 million pounds of nuts more than the previous record – got a boost Tuesday from the federal school lunch program.
We have passed half of the 4 weeks of frost risk without any warning and the weather forecast remains favourable. So, if the conditions remain unchanged during the next 10 days, we can consider that the risk of disastrous crop (350 to 450 000t) will be away.
The U.S. recall of pistachio nuts due to potential salmonella contamination widened as more snack makers and retailers removed their nuts from store shelves as a precautionary measure.
The Food and Drug Administration says pistachios are one snack to avoid! The warning comes after central California-based Setton Pistachio, the nation’s second-largest pistachio processor, voluntarily recalled more than two million pounds of its roasted nuts shipped since last fall.
Peanuts have helped produce profits for many Texas growers. But even without the horrific salmonella scare that recently roasted the industry, the glut of goobers grown in the Southeast last year means loan-level prices may be the best farmers expect for 2009.
Barely two months after a huge recall of peanut-related products, federal officials said late Monday that a California processor would recall about one million pounds of pistachio products because of concerns about salmonella contamination.
Guinea Bissau’s Acting President Raimundo Pereira has called on the country’s government to promote the processing of cashew nut, noting that the country “can not keep on exporting raw cashew nut.” Speaking at the launch of the campaign for…