The Packer
For the first time ever, blended burgers are available on restaurant menus in all 50 U.S. states.
Fresh International Inc., has been sanctioned by the USDA. Amzart Inc., Biviano, GEO Foods LLC, and Good Source Solutions Inc., are new companies to the Market. Pexco Produce Sales has been Endorsed.
David Nelley has joined Apeel Sciences as vice president of domestic buyer relations.
Del Rey Avocado, Fallbrook, Calif., has hired Brent Portell as operations manager as the company opens a new facility in Vista, Calif.
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher, and state and local officials, visited Russo’s Fruit and Vegetable Farm this week to highlight National Blueberry Month.
John G. Giumarra Jr., whose legal expertise helped guide not only the family business, but aided in greater grape exports for the overall California grape industry, has died.
The 45th Annual Labor Relations Forum is set for Sept. 11-13 in Orlando, Fla.
Hours-of-service regulations for truckers are attracting attention again, with some dead set against any relaxation in the rules and others fighting to give truckers more flexibility.
SnapDragon apples experienced a huge 2018-19 season and may have an even better 2019-20 season.
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue recently toured berry and lettuce farms in Watsonville, Calif.
The FDA and the CDC are working to identify data gaps and research needs to develop improved tools to detect, prevent, and control Cyclospora contamination of food.
Tasteful Selections selected “adventure in a small bite” as the next theme of its Small-Bite campaign for the Arvin, Calif.-based company’s bite-sized potatoes.
API Distributors LLC, Famous Vineyards LLC, Mex Products Lo Mejor Inc., and Premier Trading Team Inc. are new companies to the Market. Direct Source Produce Co Ltd., Oasis Valley Orchard and Pure Produce have updates.
Square Roots is looking for 10 passionate and dedicated future farmers to join the team as it launches in September the first season of its Next-Gen Farmer Training Program in Grand Rapids, Mich.
More than 200 million Chiquita bananas will sport a collection of 10 fitness stickers with simple and quick exercise challenges to help promote a healthy diet and lifestyle.
The Packer’s editor Tom Karst visits on July 3 with Jennifer McEntire, vice president of food safety and technology with the United Fresh Produce Association.
Richmond, Va.-based Performance Food Group Co. will acquire Rosemont, Ill.-based Reinhart Foodservice LLC from Reyes Holdings LLC in a $2 billion transaction.
Growers Express is recalling a variety of fresh-cut products, including Green Giant Fresh brand butternut squash and Cauliflower Crumble products, due to a positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes.
There are still spots for players in the annual Texas International Produce Association Golf Tournament.
NEW YORK — You’ve seen mushrooms transform into chewy jerky and blend with ground beef into burgers, but you might not have seen this yet.
Yerecic Label, New Kensington, Pa., recently received the World Label Award for a label for the Sunset brand Campari tomato.
What have been the “hottest” fresh produce items in the past 25 years?
Mexico’s National Service of Health, Food Safety and Food Quality, SENASICA, has described linking a salmonella outbreak to Mexican papayas as “premature.”
The newly formed joint sales alliance of Grand Rapids-based Michigan Fresh Marketing and BelleHarvest has added Sparta, Mich.-based Elite Apple as another supplier.
Chicago-based JBT Corp. and Pleasanton, Calif.-based SafeTraces have formed an alliance to integrate SafeTraces’ DNA-based technologies into JBT’s solutions portfolio for the food industry.
The 2019 California Food Expo agenda is now available, featuring retail and foodservice trends, transparency and sustainability, navigating the digital space and food brand pioneers.
Truck rates were mostly steady in early July, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s July 2 truck rate report.
California pear season will begin by mid-July, bringing the first domestic pear supplies of the year.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against Coram Deo Farms Inc.
USDA filed an administrative complaint under the PACA against Coram Deo Farms Inc. E B Food Service Inc., GHNW LLC, Happy Veg Inc., New Hope Harvesting LLC, and Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative are new to the Market.