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Traceability re-emerged as a topic of produce industry focus when the FDA published the proposed recordkeeping regulation as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) (section 204) in September 2020.

Animal intrusion into produce fields has been an obvious food safety risk for some time.

After a recent food safety report, FDA targets California’s central coast region leafy green farms and ranches for additional tests.

Putting a finer point on government regulations or providing clarity on bureaucratic language is not easy to do.

With a fleet of about 200 trucks and about 300 trailers, Twin Falls, Idaho,-based Giltner Inc., is an asset-based shipper with heavy business in the fresh produce sector.

Index Fresh has hired Abdoulie Jobe in the new position of logistics manager.

On July 1, U.S. Border Patrol agents at the Falfurrias Checkpoint in Texas arrested two U.S. citizens attempting to smuggle 12 undocumented immigrants in a tractor-trailer load of onions.

National editor Tom Karst and staff writer Ashley Nickle discuss the latest 90-day delay for produce shippers on the ELD mandate and how blueberries fared in some recent cold weather.

Freight brokerage Total Quality Logistics, Cincinnati, has received the “Best in Cargo Security” award for cargo theft prevention efforts.

Crowley Logistics has opened an expanded warehouse in Miami in early April, consolidating two facilities and adding 60,000 square feet to the operation.