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The Packer’s Tom Karst visits March 24 with Wendy Reinhardt Kapsak, president and CEO of the Produce for Better Health Foundation about PBH’s recent consumer-facing activity in view of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Scammers are using the COVID-19 situation to steal personal information from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients, the U.S. Department of Agriculture warned March 24.

The United Fresh Produce Association has swapped the traditional trade show planned for San Diego in June for an online event.

With plummeting foodservice sales across the country, Pro*Act’s distributors and their restaurant customers are delivering boxes containing a week’s worth of produce directly to consumers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending audit certifications that expire on or before May 31 by 60 days.

Michigan apple grower-shippers, marketers and processors are donating fresh and sliced apples to school district meal pick up sites throughout the state.

The U.S. fresh produce industry needs the federal government’s immediate assistance to recover from economic distress caused by the ongoing coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak.

FiveStar Gourmet Foods, Ontario, Calif., is donating 15,000 pre-packaged Simply Fresh brand meal salads to Feeding America.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Frank Yiannas has a message for consumers: food is available and it is safe.

The Food and Drug Administration is asking importers to send records required by the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Foreign Supplier Verification Programs electronically.