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With added food safety compliance costs of perhaps $1 to $2 per carton, the complications are just beginning for California Salinas Valley romaine shippers and Canadian importers.

Canadian produce industry leader Garry Wagner, 84, died Oct. 3 in Calgary, Alberta.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Farm Fresh Packers LLC.

New Canadian food safety import requirements for U.S. romaine lettuce could cost the Canadian industry between $11 million and $13 million per week.

Generation Farms, Vidalia, Ga., has redesigned its website, generationfarms.com, focusing on the company’s vision for the future.

Companies have pledged $130,000 in donations to Brighter Bites as the recipient of the SunsetRocks events at the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit. It’s the first time that Ma

Exports of U.S. fresh produce showed mixed trends over the past year, U.S. Department of Agriculture numbers show.

Mastronardi Produce, Kingsville, Ontario, is seeing high demand for Dreamberry, Pearberry and Lolliberry strawberries.

Mexican tomato exports to the U.S. in 2020-21 are expected to increase 2% compared with 2019-20 levels, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service report.

Mexican avocado production and exports to the U.S. will increase again in 2020-21, according to a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service.