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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently found heroin and cocaine in a commercial shipment of produce in South Texas.

Proseal’s GT4 tray sealing-solution has won a MTP Gold Medal ahead of a leading international tech exhibition.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — While the search for definitive solutions goes on, the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference provided a soapbox for industry leaders to express their passion.

The Food and Drug Administration has formed a partnership with the Yuma, Ariz., leafy greens industry and other groups in a multi-year study to determine how crops in the area are getting contaminated with pathogens.

Promising easy wireless access, Carrier Transicold has introduced the Micro-Link 5 Controller.

The Flavor Tree Fruit Company will have significant pomegranate volume this year, said Maurice Cameron, sales director of Hanford, Calif.-based company.

For U.S. produce growers, the bark of Hurricane Dorian was worse than its bite.

The 2019-20 California navel crop is down 7% from last season, according to the first U.S. Department of Agriculture estimate.

The Food and Drug Administration has added Global Standards S.C. as an approved certifier for companies seeking Food Safety Modernization Act requirements.

The California Table Grape Commission, Fresno, has hired David Dudley as marketing director of category management.