The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has made more than 50 changes to rules as the group continues a review of its practices following E. coli outbreaks in recent years.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has decided whether three principals at two companies were “responsibly connected” at the firms when the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act was violated.
Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, Calif., has promoted Chris Drew to chief operations officer and Gladys Venezuela-Corzo to vice president of human resources.
Cheríe Watte Angulo, who has been involved in promoting California crops for more than two decades, is the new executive director of the Buy California Marketing Agreement.
