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Ministers Joyce and Billson must get Horticulture Code review right – Australia’s fresh fruit & vegetable supply chain depends on it The Federal Government’s review of the Horticulture Code of Conduct* must fix the faults…

Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) is coordinating a national campaign to secure a fair go for its 400 member wholesalers under the mandatory Horticulture Code of Conduct*. FMA said the Code, which determined how central market…

Growcom’s comments and conduct need to be questioned A call by Growcom for the establishment of real-time price information for fruit and vegetables traded in the wholesale markets is commercially naïve and mischievous, according to…

Don’t make horticulture industry reforms an election campaign ‘stunt’ Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) has urged the major parties not to be drawn into an election stunt by rural lobbygroups that would see the $7 billion…

Growcom scare campaign calculated to ‘drive wedge between growers and Market wholesalers’Fresh Markets Australia is outraged that false claims being made by rural lobby group Growcom appear deliberately calculated to drive a wedge between producers…

Fresh Markets Australia (FMA), the national body for representing Market Wholesalers, states that it is strongly supportive of the use of documented terms of trade, but notes that this is a responsibility of both Growers…

Clarification on ACCC’s horticulture report Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) has responded to an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) report into fair trading issues in the horticulture industry saying it shares many of the concerns…

Wholesalers welcome Government’s Code response The fresh produce wholesaling sector’s representative organisation, Fresh Markets Australia (FMA), has welcomed the Federal Government’s long anticipated response to the review of the Horticulture Code of Conduct. FMA Chairman,…

While Australia’s fresh produce wholesaling sector’s representative organisation, Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) has taken a proactive approach to promoting an understanding of the new Horticulture Code of Conduct to Market Wholesalers, it has serious concerns…