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Tasti-Lee Tomatoes are now available as a grape tomato snacking variety, marketed as Tasti-Wees.

The American Heart Association’s Heart-Check can now be used on all 10 varieties of Northwest pears with the USA Pears brand.

With its Small-Bite Campaign, Tasteful Selections is thinking small, but going big.

On Shelf Marketing Group, aka OSMG, has hired Woody Norris as executive vice president of business development.

Fresh apple shippers on Jan. 1 had almost 92 million bushels (42 pounds) in fresh and controlled-atmosphere storage, a 16% drop than at the same time in early 2018.

Exhibit space for the Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 2019 Convention and Trade Show is sold out.

The FDA has named Adam Bros. Farm in Santa Barbara County as one potential source of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine — but it cautions that the finding does not explain all the illnesses in the outbreak.

Imports of mangoes and papayas have shown strong growth over the past decade.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is restricting California and New York businesses from operating in the industry, including meal kit company Chef’d, which closed abruptly last July when it ran out of funds.

Salad dressing company Litehouse Inc., Sandpoint, Idaho, has promoted Kelly Prior to president.