Food Safety Update: September 2022

Check out this month’s food safety update with news from Codex Alimentarius and the European Union. CCPR53: Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues The Codex Committee on Pesticide Residues (CCPR) held its fifty-third session from July 4 to 8, 2022, with report adoption on July 13. Highlights: The Secretariat of the Joint FAO/WHO Meeting on Pesticide Residues […]

Marketing Orders and Standards: September 2022

Get the latest marketing order updates and standards from the USA regarding pistachios and pecans. USA: Pistachios Grown in California, Arizona, and New Mexico The Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA) will be conducting a referendum among eligible pistachio producers to determine whether they favor continuance of the marketing order regulating the handling of pistachios grown in […]

Latest Trade News and Agreements: September 2022

See recent trade news around the world from Bangladesh, China, Brazil, India, and Chile. Bangladesh: Higher Tariffs on 330 Products Proposed to Reduce Imports According to The Business Standard, the Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission recommended capping imports by raising duties and tariffs on 330 non-essential items. The Tariff Commission’s list of non-essential goods includes […]

Sustainability Update: September 2022

Read the latest sustainability news from the United Nations, Chile, China, Ghana, India, and the EU.  UN: Updated Guide Facilitates SDG Reporting by Businesses The UN Global Compact and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), together with partners and stakeholders, have released an updated guidance for companies to effectively integrate the SDGs into their reporting processes. […]

Check out all the top news from the INC for the month of July

INC Officially Launches New Empowermind Campaign On July 25, INC launched its 2022/2023 Global Dissemination campaign, Empowermind. Aimed at the Gen Z target audience, the campaign will show a natural, holistic way to strengthen brain power & empower lives, by including nuts and dried fruits into a daily diet. The campaign’s creativity is new, fresh, and right […]

First Report of Anthracnose on Juglans regia Caused by Colletotrichum siamense in Korea.

Walnut (Juglans regia) is one of the main tree crops cultivated for nut production in South Korea with an estimated production of about 1,189 tons per year (Korea Forest Service 2020). In August 2021, anthracnose symptoms, including dark, depressed, irregularly shaped lesions on fruits and leaves of walnut cv. Sinlyeong, were observed at three orchards […]

Characterization of the Thermostable Biosurfactant Produced by Burkholderia thailandensis DSM 13276

Biosurfactants synthesized by microorganisms represent safe and sustainable alternatives to the use of synthetic surfactants, due to their lower toxicity, better biodegradability and biocompatibility, and their production from low-cost feedstocks. In line with this, the present study describes the physical, chemical, and functional characterization of the biopolymer secreted by the bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis DSM 13276, envisaging its […]

Effect of biological treatment used before harvesting and storage methods on the quality, health and microbial characteristics of unripe hazelnut in the husk (Corylus avellana L.).

Background: The hazelnut (Corylus avellana) is still one of the most profitable nut crop species. In recent years, however, there has been growing interest in this species in the form of "fresh nuts" that are picked before falling out of the fruit cover. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of storage conditions […]