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U.S. imports of fresh vegetables from September 2019 through August were up 11%, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A United Fresh Produce Association web seminar on root cause analysis will feature food safety experts from three industry trade associations.
West Bridgewater, Mass.-based Oke USA Fruit Co./Equal Exchange Produce has partnerships with four small-scale banana producer cooperatives in Ecuador and Peru that produce organic fair trade bananas year-round.
Leafy-greens-focused traceability pilots being conducted by industry operators now will help reveal insights about industry gaps in traceability.
Mexican tomato exports to the U.S. in 2020-21 are expected to increase 2% compared with 2019-20 levels, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report.
Mexican avocado production and exports to the U.S. will increase again in 2020-21, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service.
Exports of U.S. fresh produce showed mixed trends over the past year, U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show.
The Roseville, Calif.-based California Prune Board has elected George Sousa Jr. of Mariana Packing Co. as its chairman for the 2020-22 term.
Salinas, Calif.-based Moxxy Marketing’s work on a new website for Valley Farm Management has been recognized by Graphic Design USA with a 2020 American Web Design Award.
The imposition of new import requirements on U.S. romaine lettuce by the CFIA could have been avoided with better communication between U.S. and Canadian food safety officials, according to Ron Lemaire.