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Walmart plans to expand BrightFarms packaged salad offerings to 50 stores in the Columbus, Ohio, area, after a successful launch in the state.
The Alliance for Food and Farming has an updated website — safefruitsandveggies.com — to better serve a growing base of consumers, dietitians and others looking for science-based information on fresh produce.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has published a final rule that revises marketing order grade and size requirements for Florida citrus.
“Winter is coming?” With a tongue-in-cheek nod to the final “Game of Thrones” season, the California Avocado Commission is declaring that winter is over, which means it’s time for California hass avocados again.
Integrated Fresh Solutions, Swedesboro, N.J., has promoted Bob Harper to chief operating officer of Integrated Fresh Solutions (IFS) companies.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., has hired Kate Brooks as vice president of sales-East.
David and Jean Warren, founders of Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Central American Produce Inc., have died.
German Pulido, director of innovation for Smurfit Kappa, said counting the cost of packaging goes beyond dollars and cents.
The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council is funding research on new peach varieties to stay in the game when competition heats up.
FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., has hired Phil Abreo as vice president of sales-West.
The Grower-Shipper Association Foundation, Salinas, Calif., has added Ag Against Hunger to its portfolio of programs it advances by informing the public about the positive effects and economic value of agriculture in the region.
Consumer prices for some tomato varieties from Mexico could initially rise 40% in the U.S. when domestic supplies are low, according to an analysis on possible effect of duties on imported tomatoes when the Tomato Suspension Agreement is dropped in early May.
Good retail sales in March with a dwindling storage apple crop may push prices higher late in the season.
Comments are due on April 22 on the Food and Drug Administration’s Guide to Minimize Food Safety Hazards of Fresh-cut Produce: Draft Guidance for Industry.
Members of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement have adopted new rules requiring them to sanitize “open source” used water for overhead irrigation following recent E. coli outbreaks that led investigators to suspect water as a cause.
Golden Pearl Mushrooms Ltd., Richmond, British Columbia, is recalling pea shoots grown in Canada after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency reported a positive test for Listeria monocytogenes.
The Southeast Produce Council is asking people to join its team in the Strong4Life Superhero Sprint, which raises funds to fight childhood obesity and its associated diseases in Georgia.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Have a Plant will succeed Fruits & Veggies — More Matters as the new consumer marketing message from the Produce for Better Health Foundation to promote fruit and vegetable consumption.
Kim St George has joined Renaissance Food Group, Rancho Cordova, Calif., as vice president of business development.
Brampton, Ontario-based CHEP Canada has added Food Banks Canada to its network to reduce food waste and get food more efficiently to Canadians experiencing hunger.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited with Jay Singh on April 17, previewing the upcoming freshPACKmoves 2019 conference and also talking about sustainability in packaging.
Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., has introduced an interactive directory to connect growers to agricultural technology start-ups.
Basketball legend Bill Walton will give the keynote speech at The Packer’s West Coast Produce Expo.
The number of people with salmonella linked to fresh-cut melons shipped by Caito Foods has increased, and the Food and Drug Administration has released a list of hundreds of retail outlets that received the products.
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has partnered with the Produce for Better Health Foundation and Dallas-based dietitian consultant Neva Cochran to educate consumers on the food safety steps growers take.
Flavor Tree Fruit Co. LLC, Hanford, Calif., has promoted Amanda Vietti to a sales position.
The United Fresh Produce Association has chosen the chefs and foodservice professionals to be honored through the United Fresh Produce Excellence in Foodservice Award Program.
Days before the Department of Commerce plans set to set aside its Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexican growers, panelists at the Viva Fresh Expo will discuss the issue.
Truck rates increased for Florida produce growing districts for the week ending April 16, though most U.S. shipping districts reported an adequate supply of trucks.