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Article: Food for thought: putting more ethical products from Africa on our shelves.
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- June 10, 2009
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M2 PRESSWIRE-10 June 2009-UK Government: Food for thought: putting more ethical products from Africa on our shelves(C)1994-2009 M2 COMMUNICATIONS
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New African products will appear on supermarket shelves thanks to a new fund formally launched today by Trade and Development Minister, Gareth Thomas.
The FRICH (Food Retail Industry Challenge fund) will support six projects to bring a range of new tea, coffees and fruit juices from across Africa to the UK, with a total investment of around GBP3 million. Projects are co funded by FRICH and the companies implementing them.
The six companies chosen to receive funding so far are: