Maria Gonçalves
International Trade Editor at The Grocer
International Trade Editor @thegrocer, covering all things trade and global supply chains. Hit me up at [email protected]
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Most German meat and dairy commercial imports are now allowed back into the UK after ministers agreed the country’s recent foot and mouth disease outbreak had been contained. The import ban on meat and dairy products from Germany was amended on Tuesday after Britain officially recognised regionalisation for FMD at the containment zone level – meaning the rules only apply to a 6km radius around the outbreak.
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
The closure of Heathrow Airport last Friday disrupted the supply of over £543m of goods, including salmon and other perishable foods, according to international delivery expert Parcelhero. The London airport, which handles nearly £200bn worth of cargo each year, was shut down for a day last week following a significant loss of power linked to a fire at an electricity substation.
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1 month ago |
hercampus.com | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Owala and Stanley have been crowned by many as the two most famous brands that sell insulated water bottles on the market nowadays, both responsible for inciting cases such as people fighting in the supermarket to try and snatch a new collection of the brands on sale. But when comparing the quality of these products, such as which one preserves your ice for the longest, instead of focusing on the design of the bottles, one question still remains: Which one of them really deserves your money?
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
A lack of regulation of imported goods to the UK has helped destroy an area of global forest equivalent to the size of Liverpool, according to analysis by environmental group Global Witness. Thousands of hectares of deforested land were linked to the imports of commodities such as cattle products, soy, oil palm, cocoa, coffee, and rubber in 2024, the data showed.
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1 month ago |
thegrocer.co.uk | Maria Goncalves |Maria Gonçalves
Tinned sardine shortages are on the horizon as fish levels in Moroccan waters are quickly drying up. Importers have warned that sardine supply in the Atlantic off the Moroccan coast – where around half of the world’s canned sardines come from – is currently very poor, “to the point of being non-existent”, according to one source at a major British importer.
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