Canadian regulator fines Oxford Frozen Foods over blueberry origin labels
Canada's food regulator fined Oxford Frozen Foods C$10,000 for labelling blueberries as Canadian, tightening scrutiny of origin claims as shoppers look harder for local food.
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Canada's food regulator fined Oxford Frozen Foods C$10,000 for labelling blueberries as Canadian, tightening scrutiny of origin claims as shoppers look harder for local food.
KCB Bank has secured approval for KSh12.67 billion in green financing for farmers and small businesses in Kenya. The package is designed to back climate-smart agriculture, water technologies…
China has rejected Indian rice shipments over alleged GMO presence, even though Indian exporters and officials say there is no commercial cultivation of GM rice in the country.
Maharashtra is setting up a high-level panel to propose immediate relief for onion growers and longer-term reforms aimed at breaking the state’s repeated boom-and-crash price cycle.
South African farmers say the diesel and fertilizer shock linked to the Hormuz disruption is raising costs ahead of wheat planting and corn harvesting.
Nigeria’s food import spending increased sharply in 2025, but affordability constraints and structural costs continue to deepen food insecurity.
Farm and freight groups in Australia say diesel cost spikes are about to flow through to retail food prices, starting with dairy.
Turkey’s farm economy faces new fertilizer supply risks via Hormuz while still absorbing last year’s climate and cost shock.
New weight limits on 26 Water Corporation bridges in South West Western Australia are increasing detour and cost risks for milk, cattle, fertilizer and fuel movements.