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En Divina Luz and Supermercados Maximo Inc are new companies to the Market. CDS Distributing Inc, Columbia Fruit Packers Inc, Fagerberg Produce Co Inc, Southern Corporate Packers Inc & Steimilt Growers LLC have updates.
CORRECTED: In response to a distributor’s refusal to recall Mexican papayas implicated in a salmonella outbreak, the Food and Drug Administration has alerted all of its customers and is pursuing other actions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is removing seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one consumer standard for fresh fruits and vegetables from the Code of Federal Regulations.
Four U.S. senators have introduced legislation to boost the number of federal employees inspecting food at the borders.
Intravision Greens USA Inc, Marohns Buffalo Marketplace Inc., Marohns Cokato Marketplace Inc.,Marohns St Michael Marketplace Inc., Raymon Produce are new companies to the Market. Mike Pirrone Produce Inc has changes.
B&W Quality Growers, Fellsmere, Fla., has achieved Kosher certification for its value-added baby leaves, including watercress, arugula, red kale, spinach and Power 4 line.
Fox Packaging, McAllen, Texas, has hired Jasper Trujillo as business development manager.
Get Fresh Cos. of Las Vegas has completed an expansion of its processing division.
Apple Acres LLC, Lafayette, N.Y., has opened a 60,000-square-foot packing facility, in time for the new apple crop, with harvest starting this month.
Mexico’s retailers are trending toward e-commerce, a new U.S. Department of Agriculture report says.
Bosch is selling its Waiblingen, Germany-based packaging machinery business, which includes equipment used to package fresh produce, to Luxemburg-based CVC Capital Partners.
The USDA has filed an administrative complaint against The Fruit Club, Organically Grown Company has been Endorsed. Good Farms, Tom Benigno Brokerage and Sam Ricelli Brokerage Inc are new companies to the Market & More.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended the comment period for a possible pilot program that would allow drivers under age 21 to operate trucks over interstate highways.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against The Fruit Club, Sioux Falls, S.D., for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
Coral Gables, Fla.-based Del Monte Fresh Produce will showcase Del Monte’s new film-sealed fruit cups at the July 26-27 Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference and Expo in Monterey, Calif.
Growers Express, Salinas, Calif., has expanded a recall of vegetables after product testing resulted in another positive sample of Listeria monocytogenes.
Industry veteran Steve Lutz plans to leave the Produce Marketing Association Aug. 2 to start his own marketing and communications company.
Great Lakes Greenhouses Inc has been Endorsed. Exotic Farm S.R.L., M & A FLC and Warren Packaging are new companies to the Market. John Vena Inc., and Miami Tropical Wholesaler Inc., & Vitalis Organic Seeds have updates.
Monterey Mushrooms, Watsonville, Calif., has hired Ryan Meyer as sales finance manager.
Chipper Inc., Lakes Harvest Foods LLC, Marquez Farms Produce Inc., Sierra y Selva Exportadora and Zupan Enterprises Oregon Inc., are new companies to the Market. Category Partners LLC, Gaia Produce and more have updates.
The Produce for Better Health Foundation is challenging consumers to eat more produce during September, National Fruits and Veggies Month, and is giving advice on how to achieve that.
Hazel Technology has completed a shelf-life study of its product on anjou pears in storage.
Dynamic Systems Inc., Redmond, Wash., has upgraded its Simba Logistics module, which uses barcodes to manage inventory and shipping for the company’s traceability systems.
A robotic strawberry harvester known as the T-6 from Advanced Farm Technologies, Davis, Calif., has received a $7.5 million boost from investors in a Series A funding round.
The Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a public meeting on its New Era of Smarter Food Safety campaign.
With Hurricane Dorian scheduled to hit Florida immediately before the annual Florida Tomato Conference, organizers have postponed the event.
Peru has been chosen to host the 2020 International Blueberry Organization Summit.
The USDA has sanctioned Hugo Produce, Miami Growers Inc., and Texas Green Grove Produce. Calstar Enterprise, Molter Family Markets LLC and SafeTraces are new companies to the Market, plus changes.
Byron Growers Fresh, Costa Azul Organica USA Inc., Gro Organics LLC, Quintana Del Caprio and Uma Foods LLC are new companies to the Market. A and F Distributing Corp., & Magnolia Packing Inc., have changes, plus more.