Topic “In the News News” — Exporter Magazine

At Oishii Nippon, a fruit shop that recently opened its doors in Dubai, prices tend to carry a decidedly premium tag, with a piece of melon from Japan costing nearly as much as 40 kilograms of red apples from Chile, according to GulfNews.com. Retail sales at e-shops more than tripled between 2007 and 2009, much faster than the averaged annualised 18% growth of retail sales in general during the same period. The Global Shippers’ Forum (GSF) want to outlaw rate-making cartels and have urged governments in Asia to initiate reforms which were in line with competitive global practices such as those which now existed in Europe. A growing desire for premium and indulgent ice cream has fed high value growth in Western Europe, helping manufacturers defy the recession, according to DairyReporter.com. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said that genetically engineered (GE) salmon is safe for human consumption in documents released ahead of a public meeting on the issue due later this month, according to FoodNavigator.com.