EU RESEARCHERS DEVELOPING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE QUALITY ADVICE
February 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INNOVATIVE recommendations are being developed for fruit and vegetable producers by a Euro 13.8 million European Union (EU) research project to increase consumption of their products. The ISAFRUIT scheme wants more Europeans to eat their recommended minimum five portions of fresh fruits and vegetables. It cites data saying that consumers Greece, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands, eat the most fruit in Europe (70 to 100 kg per person), followed by Germany, Poland and Britain at 40 - 60 kg, but that consumption generally is not rising. Its ...
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