United Fresh: Optimize Produce Quality and Shelf Life

Given the perishability of many produce items, opportunities to extend shelf life are highly desirable.

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(United Fresh Produce Association)

Given the perishability of many produce items, opportunities to extend shelf life are highly desirable. Join us April 20 for thsi United Fresh webinar Optimizing Produce Quality & Shelf Life: Approaches and Experiences, to learn about the factors that affect shelf life, and the tools available to optimize product. Also, hear the approaches that produce companies took to solve specific perishability issues.

Speakers:
• Rachel Atkinson-Leach, Director of Category and Brand Management, RPE, Inc.
• Jeffrey Brandenburg, President, The JSB Group, LLC
• Michael Muzyk, President, Baldor Specialty Foods & Chairman of United Fresh’s Board of Directors

Click here to register.

For more information on United Fresh’s food safety events, contact Katie McGowan, Food Safety Program Coordinator, at 202-303-3402.

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