In Canada, foreign workers are allowed to work in the fruit and vegetable processing industry under offshore labour programs.

The fruit and vegetable processing industry accounted for approximately 10 percent of all food industry employment in 2003.

Seasonal workers surveyed in the Quebec fruit and vegetable processing industry reported the most dissatisfaction with wage rates, and length of leave from work.

The Canadian fruit and vegetable processing industry is comprised of many small, family-run farming operations and less large multi-nationals, limiting the number of extensive distribution networks.

It is being implemented with the help of SIDBI, Cluster Craft to facilitate the development of the fruit and vegetable processing industries in and around Pune.

The company's diverse product portfolio with leading market shares and high brand recognition in the stable, domestic, shelf-stable fruit and vegetable processing industry and pet food sector offset some of the risk factors.

If the use of borrowed funds by the fruit and vegetable processing industry is similar in Canada and the United States, then the higher interest rates in Canada will add more to costs in Canada.

Furthermore, employees working for smaller firms in the fruit and vegetable processing industry may also find themselves with more or less work depending on the season and climate, causing them to frequently change employers or exit the industry upon finding year-round employment.

The scientists, from the Institute for Animal Science and Technology of the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain, hope their research will mean excess slurry from farms will now have added value and by-products from the fruit and vegetable processing industry can have a sustainable 'afterlife'.