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Southern Hemisphere Fruit Alliance

Amelia, ITALYONLUSReg: 0407310103278-80Since 31/03/2026

Budget

Not declared

EP Access

0

accredited persons

Staff

1

0.25 FTE

EU Grants

None

Mission & Goals

The Southern Hemisphere Fruit Alliance (SFA) strives to further the shared interests of the fresh fruit industry in the Southern Hemisphere, working towards an enabling operating environment for producers and exporters by: a) connecting fruit producers and exporters from the Southern Hemisphere, allowing them to work together on defining topics for the fruit industry such as inter alia sustainability, logistics, food safety and market access barriers. b) voicing the shared views of fruit producers and exporters from the Southern Hemisphere vis-à-vis inter alia national and international governmental and non-governmental organizations, industry organizations, etc. c) monitoring and informing its members about any developments that may have an impact on global trade flows in fresh fruit including, but not limited to, legislative developments, free trade negotiations, private standard setting, etc.

EU Legislative Interests

- Regulation (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 February 2005 on maximum residue levels of pesticides in or on food and feed of plant and animal origin - Commission proposal for a regulation – simplification of food and feed safety requirements (COM(2025) 1030 final) (Food and Feed Omnibus) Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) - Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (Directive (EU) 2022/2464) - Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD or CS3D) (Directive 2024/1760) - Free trade agreement with Mercosur and other countries/trading blocks

Interests Represented

Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members

Member Of

Global Coalition of Fresh Produce (https://producecoalition.net/)

Organisation Members

https://www.shfruit.org/our-members/

Commissioner Meetings

No recorded meetings with EU commissioners.

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