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Each of the three quarantines for the Mexican fruit fly in the state have been reduced due to a three-generation lapse in detections.
Ed Oldham will join as head of sourcing; Ann Reed has been named group vice president of Our Brands; Jake Cannon has been named Cincinnati-Dayton division president; and Josh Harpole has been named Louisville division president.
In her new role as the executive vice president of farming operations, Camarena will oversee all farming operations through harvest for Bonipak Produce and Betteravia Farms.
Jeremy Andrews has been promoted from his previous role as the packaging company’s director of sales for the East.
Sir David Nabarro, 2018 World Food Prize Laureate, is being recalled as a mentor and leader whose efforts helped many.
She brings a wealth of experience in produce buying around the Mid-Atlantic, says JOH.
IFPA Chief Science Officer Max Teplitski says the food safety approach sets the direction and commits to shared responsibility in enhancing produce safety from farm to fork.
This memorandum of understanding will improve proactive, science-based food safety standards for the organization that represents fresh produce growers in California, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico.
While at the IFPA Foodservice Conference, the California grower says it will showcase its year-round supply of fresh berries.
The annual shift to international suppliers has been smooth this year and ensures retailers have a constant supply of the popular apple, Oppy says.