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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.

The Packer’s Tom Karst visits April 2 with Jim Provost, president of I Love Produce, West Grove, Pa.

Members of the Food and Beverage Issues Alliance have collaborated with the Food and Drug Administration on guidelines for food companies to follow if an employee or customer tests positive for COVID-19.

Retail ads for fresh produce are way down because of the COVID-19 pandemic.