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Arable Capital Partners has hired Matt Reus as a vice president in the Bellevue, Wash., office.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is removing seven voluntary U.S. grade standards and one consumer standard for fresh fruits and vegetables from the Code of Federal Regulations.

U.S. Department of Agriculture Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Ted McKinney is scheduled to speak at the U.S. Apple Association’s 2019 Crop Outlook and Marketing Conference in Chicago.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against The Fruit Club, Sioux Falls, S.D., for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

Coral Gables, Fla.-based Del Monte Fresh Produce will showcase Del Monte’s new film-sealed fruit cups at the July 26-27 Produce Marketing Association Foodservice Conference and Expo in Monterey, Calif.

Spring Creek Produce LLC, Greenfield, Tenn., has satisfied a reparation order issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

Seven Seas, Springfield, Ill., has hired Steve Kim as an account manager in the company’s Visalia, Calif., office.

Lori Taylor, owner and founder of The Produce Moms, was the featured speaker at a recent Dallas Fresh Food Association meeting.

Apple Acres LLC, Lafayette, N.Y., has opened a 60,000-square-foot packing facility, in time for the new apple crop, with harvest starting this month.

Bosch is selling its Waiblingen, Germany-based packaging machinery business, which includes equipment used to package fresh produce, to Luxemburg-based CVC Capital Partners.