AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoFood Safety Crackdown: Hawai‘i’s DOH shut Waikōloa Restaurant & Bar immediately after finding rodent activity and multiple critical violations, ordering a full discard of adulterated food and pest-control remediation. Retail & Consumer Demand: Eurozone retail trade volumes fell 0.6% month-on-month, but food, drinks and tobacco rose 0.4%, showing shoppers still spend on essentials. Beef Policy Shock: Trump signed orders to let ranchers slaughter and process their own livestock, expand interstate local beef sales, and review country-of-origin labeling—aimed at lowering prices but raising alarms for the beef supply chain. Payment Costs for Restaurants: A new push targets credit-card swipe fees that have surged since 2020, hitting small businesses and restaurants hard and fueling calls for payment-network competition. Agri-Exports & Fertilizer: Pakistan convened stakeholders to shift toward high-value, certified processed exports, while Malaysia’s farmers group signed a RM1.5bn MoU to build integrated phosphate fertiliser capacity. Supply Chain Security: Verisk CargoNet flagged elevated Labor Day cargo theft risk across major U.S. freight hubs, with identity-based fraud also rising.
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