15 July 2019

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1) Government agencies: Country Freedom; New stink bug rules released
 
2) New Zealand News:  Trade and sustainability focus of visit to Spain and Ireland; Plant Variety Rights Act review; Investment fund targets hort sector; Response to the new red kiwis is exceptional; New Zealand kiwifruit orchard prices strengthening; New season NZ: Avocado prices plunge; New Zealand tomatoes hit lowest price ever in June; Tomatoes winter publicity campaign;  Northland to become hydroponic fruit growing capital of NZ; Environmental Change: Implications for fresh produce food safety; Waste-to-Energy plant announced by Minister Shane Jones; Biosecurity New Zealand respond to invasive bramble in Auckland
 
3) International news: GAIN reports; Australia: New rules to import cut flowers; How to future proof? Data, data and more data; Australia is in the process of revolutionising its barcode system; Chinese avocado market has changed drastically compared with last year; EFSA lists food safety research needs; ‘The world needs zero-waste plants’; Austria, the first European country to ban glyphosate; Smaller vegetables to combat wastage; Organic sanitizer kills bacteria on fresh veggies