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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Ayar Produce NY Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.
The Ontario Produce Marketing Association in partnership with the Toronto Wholesale Produce Association will be distributing over 1,200 boxes of 18kg of fresh produce to people in need across Ontario.
Bakersfield, Calif.-based Sun World LLC announced Dec. 14 it has added several marketers to its licensee lineup in the Southern Hemisphere.
Taylor Fresh Foods Inc. is recalling Taylor Farms brand Maple Bourbon Chopped Kit (salad) from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried has announced that the second Florida International Agriculture Innovation Summit will take place March 30-31, 2022.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the publication of a proposed rule in the Federal Register to amend the Apple Crop Provisions.
The New England Consulting Group announced Werner von Pein as a Principal and Advisor to its CPG. He brings nearly 40 years of global marketing, sales, operations and general management leadership.
University of Tennessee Extension is launching a new educational program uniquely designed to help beginning farmers or individuals starting a new venture in agriculture.
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack released a letter urging the world’s leading ocean carriers to help mitigate disruptions to agricultural shippers of U.S. exports.
“OSHA is gratified the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dissolved the Fifth Circuit’s stay of the Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard. “
“I am extremely disappointed with this decision by the Senate parliamentarian to remove critical immigration reform from the Build Back Better Act.”
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way, oh what fun it is to ride on the Stemilt and Hansen Fruit sleigh!
Florida strawberries are profitable and popular in the market because they give retailers the ability to sell and promote a continuous fresh berry program to consumers all year long.
The apple season is underway, and we want to hear from apple marketers about your expectations for the second half of this season’s apple crop.
You can score more points with in-store displays themed with Super Bowl football décor than you could for the 2021 big game, when fewer consumers were shopping in person.
Novipax, a leading absorbent manufacturer with a significant presence in the fresh protein and produce markets, will be featured in the next episode of the world-renowned television series, EARTH with John Holden.
New Zealand-based apple grower T&G Global has announced big investments in its apple operations, including $100 million for a new state-of-the-art packhouse.
Shaunte Mears-Watkins has been appointed to the Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce Inc. board of directors.
The Hass Avocado Board’s holiday retail recap reported sales volume and dollars for Father’s Day, Fourth of July and Labor Day totaling a combined 131.4 million units and $153 million in retail sales.
The Food and Drug Administration has added a new food safety investigation to the agency’s CORE Outbreak Investigation Table.
The U.S. Apple Association announced Mitchell Liwanag will join the organization as manager of association services. Liwanag brings a background in agriculture and association management experience.
Fast Facts: The Cast met one last time for the year of 2022 to wrap up the fall season and analyze the last 12 weeks of data from Nielson retail scan data.
A veteran Port of Oakland project administrator has been given a key role in planning the Port’s maritime future.
Mondi, IMA Ilapak and Les Crudettes have won three prizes at the prestigious French packaging award and the Trophées de l’innovation LSA for a new paper packaging.
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher today announced the appointment of Joe Atchison III of Cherry Hill, N.J., as the Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
DMA Solutions announces the availability of its annual Social Media and Produce Marketer’s Calendars for industry professionals to download and utilize for strategic planning in 2022.
American Farmland Trust will begin accepting applications today to help farmers nationwide to improve farm viability, access, transfer or to permanently protect farmland or adopt regenerative agricultural practices.
Square Roots unveiled a new brand identity that represents the company’s mission to “responsibly bring locally grown food to people in cities around the world, all year round,” according to a news release.
As a result of Martinez Fresh satisfying the terms of the consent decision and order, the finding that it had committed repeated and flagrant PACA violations was permanently abated and the case has been closed.
The USDA has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under PACA.