Horticulture Code of Conduct Archives - Fresh Markets Australia

Concerns raised about grower awareness of new Horticulture Code

Published on Friday, 7 July 2017 08:06 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release, News

MEDIA RELEASE 6 July 2017 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 for the nation’s 15,000 Growers. FMA has delivered...

FMA Welcomes new Code

Published on Monday, 27 March 2017 15:46 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release, News

MEDIA RELEASE 27 March 2017 Wholesalers heard in drafting of new Horticulture Code Australia’s fresh produce wholesaling sector’s representative organisation, Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) has seen months of negotiation come to fruition this week with the Federal Government’s release of a new mandatory Horticulture Code of Conduct. The new...

Wholesalers welcome Government’s Horticulture Code response

Published on Monday, 13 February 2017 14:52 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release, News

MEDIA RELEASE 13 February 2017 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, Shane Schnitzler, has congratulated the Government for its efforts...

Clarification on ACCC’s horticulture report

Published on Monday, 31 October 2016 16:10 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE 31 October 2016 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 raised over what are unworkable Federal Government regulations. Both...

Code compliance a two-way street

Published on Friday, 16 September 2016 15:22 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE 16 September 2016 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 and Wholesalers. FMA Executive Director Andrew Young said that...

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Growcom scare campaign calculated to ‘drive wedge between growers and Market wholesalers’

Published on Thursday, 14 July 2016 11:12 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE 14 July 2016 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 and Market wholesalers. A recent statement by Growcom...

Don’t make horticulture industry reforms an election campaign ‘stunt’

Published on Friday, 24 June 2016 11:45 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE 24 June 2016 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 lobby groups that would see the $7 billion horticulture industry used as a bargaining chip. A...

Growcom’s comments and conduct need to be questioned

Published on Thursday, 22 October 2015 10:36 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

Media Release 16 October 2015 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 Fresh Markets Australia. FMA Executive Director Andrew Young said...

FMA SEEKS CODE OF CONDUCT “FAIR GO” FOR WHOLESALERS

Published on Monday, 28 September 2015 09:35 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

Media Release 28 September 2015 FMA SEEKS CODE OF CONDUCT “FAIR GO” FOR WHOLESALERS 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...

Ministers Joyce and Billson must get Horticulture Code review right – Australia’s fresh fruit & vegetable supply chain depends on it

Published on Tuesday, 8 September 2015 11:02 Category: Horticulture Code of Conduct, Media Release

MEDIA RELEASE 30 August 2015 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 in the eight year old Code or risk destabilising Australia’s...