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Growers Express, Salinas, Calif., has expanded a recall of vegetables after product testing resulted in another positive sample of Listeria monocytogenes.

Great Lakes Greenhouses Inc has been Endorsed. Exotic Farm S.R.L., M & A FLC and Warren Packaging are new companies to the Market. John Vena Inc., and Miami Tropical Wholesaler Inc., & Vitalis Organic Seeds have updates.

The mix of apple varieties is all shook up compared with 30 years, and Don Roper believes that is a good thing.

Blaze Pizza LLC, Bokhary Farms LLC, Nova Imports Canada, The Spice Essentials and West Coast Wild Foods Ltd., are new companies to the Market. Green Team Partners Inc., Litehouse Foods Inc., have updates.

Hardie’s Fresh Foods has been Endorsed. Calgary Produce Market, CanAM Pepper Company, Deville Technologies USA LLC, and Valfei Products Inc. are new companies to the Market. F & S Produce Co Inc. & more have updates.

More than 19,000 tons of Chilean kiwifruit had been shipped to North America in early August, with supplies expected into October.

Ventura Produce has posted a $35,000 Surety Bond with USDA. Rain Forest Produce Inc. has posted a $300,000 Employment Surety Bond with USDA. Gallmeyer Farms, MegaMex and TVA Logistics Inc. are new firms to the Market.

Old-time salespeople used to say it all the time, “Don’t sell ‘em the steak, sell ‘em the sizzle.”

I was thumbing through a copy of “The Packer, a Century of Produce,” published in 1993. It’s a rich collection of reflections, produce and people.

Index Fresh, Riverside, Calif., is again shipping Gem avocados, to complement full-size hass avocados grown in California.