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Agro Torres Produce LLC and So Ono Food Products LLC had sanctions imposed by USDA. Spring Creek Produce LLC satisfied reparation order with USDA. Caribbean Harvest Inc and Earth Fresh Foods are new companies.

MONTEREY, Calif. - Though the overall footprint for retail produce departments is under pressure, organic produce should continue to take a larger and larger piece of total sales in coming years.

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R E Golden Produce Co Inc., has been Endorsed. Huy Fong Foods Inc., Produce Solutions, Righetti Farms LLC, Ruben & Ruben Food Corp., and The Suter Company Inc. are new companies to the Market and Updates.

Fresh Express has teamed up with parent company Chiquita for a new line of snacking products called Chiquita Bites and Chiquita Sticks.

Brighthouse Organics, San Antonio, a greenhouse vegetable brand launched in 2017, has more than doubled the number of items it offers.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling Eat Smart brand Sweet Kale bagged salad kits from six provinces due to possible Listeria monocytogenes.

Merritt Bruce has joined Church Brothers Farms, Salinas, Calif., as vice president of retail business development.

Great Lakes Growers, Burton, Ohio, has a new line of greenhouse-grown salads — Fusion — that highlight herbs, including dill, cilantro and chives.

Dalena Farms Inc., and Driscoll’s have been Endorsed. Southern Grocers LLC is a new company to the Market. Fresh Global Produce Inc dba Bonanza Fresh Global, Grower Network LLC, and Pure Fresh have updates.