Horticulture Code of Conduct - Updates - Fresh Markets Australia

Fact Sheet: Section 51ADD Notices Issued by the ACCC

12 December 2017 – What is a Section 51ADD Notice? A Section 51ADD Notice is used by the ACCC to require the production and provision of certain documents. The notice is issued by the ACCC pursuant to the Competition and Consumer Act. In relation to the Horticulture Code of

Returns of Product – Merchant HPAs

4 December 2017 – This circular is being sent to all Traders (wholesalers) who have been provided with the FMA’s standard format (template) Merchant Horticulture Produce Agreement (HPA) documentation. The purpose of this circular is to address an issue raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) following

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Double Standards on Code Requirements

4 December 2017 – Wholesalers in Australia’s six Central Markets are concerned with suggestions that they should not be entitled to a number of basic legal protections when conducting business transactions. Wholesaling sector representative organisation, Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) was proactive in developing (with the assistance of its solicitors)

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Documenting Supply Agreements in Horticulture

23 November 2017 – One of the major culture changes being driven by the Horticulture Code of Conduct is the requirement for Growers and Wholesalers (Traders) to have Supply Agreements in place, or Horticulture Produce Agreements (HPAs) as they are described in the Code. Establishing a documented Supply Agreement

Know who you are dealing with

26 October 2017 – In recent weeks, a number of growers have raised concerns regarding other growers acting as traders, as well as traders operating in regional centres in Australia, who may not be familiar with the need to comply with the Code’s requirements. What is a trader? Under

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Growers seeking to be Code compliant

26 October 2017 – Following the release of the new Horticulture Code of Conduct earlier this year, an estimated 15,000 growers across Australia will by now have either directly or indirectly received important material highlighting their responsibilities under the Code. Wholesalers in Australia’s Central Markets have been on the

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Wholesalers get training in New Code

17 August 2017 – A first round of Horticulture Code workshops conducted in Central Markets around Australia saw 400 attendees receive an overview about the new code.

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Helping growers fill the Horticulture Code information gap

17 August 2017 – Central Market wholesaler representative organisation, Fresh Markets Australia (FMA) has stepped up its campaign to educate Australia’s 15,000 fruit and vegetable growers. The move is to fill the information gap created from a change to the Horticulture Code of Conduct, the document that stipulates how