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National health authorities are telling consumers, retailers and restaurants to avoid romaine lettuce in yet another E. coli outbreak with cases in 11 states and Canada.

With a post on their website at 2:30 p.m. Eastern today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped a bombshell.

Fred Heptinstall plans to retire from Polymer Logistics at the end of the year.

Global seed company Hazera has introduced Stacy, a new bite-sized mini plum tomato variety.

The organic industry is looking to pounce on fraud.

Registration is closing for four Food and Drug Administration meetings on proposals for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule.

CHEP has appointed Jake Gilene to senior vice president of sales and customer service of CHEP USA.

The U.S. Department has cited Frutera Del Litoral USA LLC, Miami, for failing to pay for almost $700,000 of produce.

Eurofins has acquired Cascade Analytical Inc., an environmental and agricultural testing firm with labs in Wenatchee and Yakima, Wash.

The massive Woolsey Fire that has destroyed hundreds of homes and forced thousands of residents to flee, caused the temporary shutdown of Dole Food Co., Westlake Village, Calif.