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UPDATED: Gills Onions recalls diced red onions

Oxnard, Calif.-based Gills Onions, LLC is voluntarily recalling 2,360 pounds of diced red onions in Canada and the U.S. after a random sample taken by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency tested positive for listeria.

The sample was taken from a retail store in Ontario, Canada.

Chiquita gives $20,000 for Guatemala textbooks

Chiquita Brands International has awarded a $20,000 grant to fund more than 1,000 textbooks for students in rural Guatemala.

The grant went to Cincinnati-based nonprofit Cooperative for Education in support of its Guatemala Textbook Program, according to a news release.

FPAA names new officers, board members

Alejandro Canelos of Apache Produce Imports LLC is the new chairman for the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.

Canelos and other association officers began their terms at the group’s annual membership meeting in Nogales, Ariz., on May 17.

Kingston & Associates expands, hires pineapple manager

Kingston & Associates Marketing LLC recently expanded its direct import program and hired Yvonne Marpert as their new product manager for pineapples.

Pepin Heights to import New Zealand Honeycrisps

Pepin Heights Orchards will import HoneyCrunch brand Honeycrisp apples from New Zealand.

Oppenheimer adds to sales staff

The Oppenheimer Group added David Wazny to its sales staff.

Andrews Bros. mourns loss of Herbert Abrash

Herbert Abrash, 79, of Andrews Bros. Inc., Detroit, died May 13 after complications related to kidney disease.

New Jersey’s Marino Bros. changes name to Sun Valley Orchards

SWEDESBORO, N.J. — Family-owned Marino Bros. is changing its name to Sun Valley Orchards LLC.

The grower-shipper of bell peppers, cucumbers, squash, eggplant and peaches decided changing its name to its longtime brand made more sense for its customers, said Joe Marino, director of sales and marketing.

“We have always operated under our Sun Valley trade name and customers all know us as Sun Valley, so we made the switch,” he said. “The change was more of an internal decision. The partnership as an operating entity is kind of an antiquated way to do business. It was a business decision to go to a limited liability corporation.”

Del Monte Fresh, Mastronardi receive taste awards

Del Monte Fresh Produce, Coral Gables, Fla., and Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, have received Superior Taste Awards from the International Taste and Quality Institute in Brussels.

TQL named a National Top Workplace

Cincinnati-based Total Quality Logistics was recently named a National Top Workplace.