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SmartWash Solutions, Salinas, Calif., is highlighting top-performing U.S. produce processors for 2021’s National Food Safety Month in September.

Hy-Vee Inc., West Des Moines, Iowa, is recalling two of the store’s branded vegetable mixes after a positive test for Listeria monocytogenes.

Fresh-cut fruit provider Fresh Innovations, Stockton, Calif., has a new CEO, Tim Stejskal.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has identified five romaine lettuce varieties that are slower to brown after processing.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has sanctioned Custom Fresh Cuts Inc. in a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act case involving almost $700,000 in unpaid produce shipments.

Fresh Del Monte Produce reported the COVID-19 pandemic dropped expected net sales of fresh, value-added and banana segments in an “unprecedented and turbulent” second quarter by an estimated $132 million.

Albert Garnica, the vice president of agricultural operations at Taylor Farms who helped the industry define reliability and quality that made the value-added salad category possible, has died.

The COVID-19 pandemic played a role in reduced first-quarter earnings for Coral Gables, Fla.-based Fresh Del Monte Produce.

NatureSeal, the company originally known for preserving fresh-cut apples, has a new blend for fresh strawberries.

Key Technology has introduced a new sorting system for fresh-cut apples, the VERYX digital sorter.