500% increases in freight costs at congested ports weigh on food prices
Ongoing congestion and backlogs at South Africa’s ports are further fuelling meteoric food prices, driving increases of up to 500% in transport and logistics costs for importers, retailers, and ultimately consumers.
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Closure of Tiger Brands’ Langeberg and Ashton canning fruit factory spells disaster
Agri SA is deeply concerned about the recent commencement of a consultation period after Tiger Brands gave notice of its intention to close down its canning factory in Ashton Western Cape. Coming so...
Afrox plants certified to FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Standard
Pieter Moolman, Afrox product manager for Packaged Special Gases, discusses the success of a two-year project to certify the Western Cape and Gauteng gas production and filling facilities to the FSSC...
Food security should be declared a national asset
THE export of agricultural products such as wine, maize and citrus is one of the few resources that still contributes positively to growth in the South African economy – and the...
Afrox plants certified to FSSC 22000 Food Safety Management Standard
In further support of its high-purity range of food-grade gases for use in modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), accelerated ripening, fast chilling/freezing and other food related processing applications, Afrox has now completed...
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