The Packer
UPDATED: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act sanctions on eight companies, restricting them from operating in the industry.
Look at a visual comparison of U.S. grape imports in 2019, 2010 and 2000, and then the long-term import trends for international suppliers.
Arrive Logistics, Austin, Texas, has opened a new division, Arrive Fresh, to expand a pilot program focused on perishable shipments, including fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and flowers.
A recycled proposal in President Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget seeking to incorporate food box deliveries to food stamp recipients is drawing protests from U.S. retail interests.
Catalytic Generators, Norfolk, Va., is promoting its ethylene generators as a ripening technology that can help boost sales through a conditioned pears program.
The Florida strawberry crop for Well-Pict Berries, Watsonville, Calif., will be in peak harvest in February.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits has launched a foodservice web portal to give chefs information on bioengineered non-browning Arctic apples.
The new Potato Sustainability Alliance is building on an earlier industry initiative to tell the story of how growers feed the nation responsibly.
Food Rite - Newbern and Ramey’s are new Retailers to the Market. Blue Hill Berry Co., Gander Gardens, Godlewsky Farms, Gromaine LLC, Old Hook Farm Inc., and Pokey Creek Farm have changes.
The California Fresh Fruit Association, Fresno, has hired Adam Borchard as director of government and public policy.
The Oppenheimer Group will be the first to import the organic green seedless Arra 15 table grape variety into North America.
Thomas Produce Sales Inc. already is doing a lot of “in-and-out” — or cold storage — business, and owner/president Chuck Thomas expects that substantially more could materialize in the future.
Exports of U.S. fresh fruits declined by 6% in 2019, while exports of U.S. fresh vegetables increased by 4%.
Sunset brand Sprinkles Tiny Mighty Tomatoes has received international recognition for packaging and branding, with Best New Brand from the PAC Global Leadership Awards.
An outbreak of Salmonella Javiana traced to a fresh-cut fruit salad from Tailor Cut Produce is over, according to agencies investigating the outbreak
Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has been named to Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2020.
U.S. agricultural exports to Taiwan and other markets in Asia are facing new logistical and transportation challenges because of the Novel Coronavirus and those conditions may not ease soon, a USDA report says.
C.H. Robinson’s Executive Chairman John Wiehoff plans to retire from the board of directors when his term expires in May.
The Food and Drug Administration has released the third and final installment of the Intentional Adulteration Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
Eliminating the use of wax cartons is one way that Lakeside Organic Gardens is answering the call for more sustainable packaging.
Here are some charts that speak to the volume of U.S. fruit and nut exports to China over the past five years.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Texas Department of Agriculture have established a Mexican fruit fly quarantine in Willacy County, Texas.
As one of the most popular items in the produce department, apples enjoy a steady organic presence.
The Southeast Produce Council is issuing what it calls the Golden Rule Challenge for exhibitors at Southern Exposure.
Giunta’s Meat Farms and Jerry Lee’s are new companies to the Market. Bright Produce Co., Infinite Herbs & Specialties LLC, Engelmann Farms Inc., Full Harvest, George Amaral Ranches Inc., and others have updates.
It was ugly. It was all at once curious, sad, remarkable, shocking and sobering.
You probably saw the news that field hearings to consider protection measures for U.S. produce against fruit and vegetable imports have been postponed.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.
This information, provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service, shows week-by-week shipments and f.o.b.s for commodities from shipments for the fresh market.