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(UPDATED, Aug. 13) Plant health officials in Colombia have declared a national emergency after declaring the presence of the banana disease Fusarium wilt tropical race 4 (TR4) in La Guajira.

Westlake Village, Calif.-based Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc. is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of baby spinach.

Trent Bishop is the new vice president of sales for J&D Produce, Edinburg, Texas, and its Little Bear Brands line of products.

Hazel Technologies, which has products designed to extend the shelf life of produce, has received $13 million in Series B funding.

The 2019 U.S. apple crop is up 4% compared with a year ago, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s first forecast.

The genome of the avocado has been sequenced.

To the profound disappointment of U.S. fruit exporters, the tit-for-tat trade war with China shows no signs of ending soon.

Indianapolis-based IF&P and Bartlett, Ill.-based Get Fresh Produce have created a new company called FreshEdge.

Innovia Films’ newly launched high barrier BOPP Propafilm Strata SL film has earned a “very good” rating and has been awarded the “Made for recycling” logo by a German consulting company.

PSSI has announced the promotion of Tom ‘Tiny’ Eckmann to its leadership team as vice president of operations.