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Pompano Beach, Fla.-based Southern Specialties has partnered with national nonprofit Brighter Bites to provide two varieties of produce each week to the organization’s Southwest Florida program.

The Food and Drug Administration has released results of hot pepper and avocado pathogen testing under a program that shines a spotlight on select fruits and vegetables to examine possible food safety issues.

Los Angeles, Calif.- based Pacific Trellis Fruit has successfully launched Jam grapes, a new black seedless grape.

Gloucester City, N.J.-based Gloucester Marine Terminal LLC celebrated the first arrival of fresh Chilean fruit Dec. 17.

Tasked with shifting food safety oversight from a reactive to proactive role, the Food and Drug Administration has released a plan on methods to stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S.

The November discovery of cocaine with an estimated street value of more than $19 million in a commercial shipment of fresh pineapples remains under investigation, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said,

Growers and importers of Mexican tomatoes and segments of the U.S. tomato industry continue to spar over a Department of Commerce decision to end an agreement that holds an anti-dumping investigation at bay.

Total U.S. tomato imports grew 9% in value and 4% in volume in 2018.

The Peruvian Avocado Commission has a new board of directors.

New Zealand exporter T&G Global Ltd. is reporting the country’s weather is setting the stage for a favorable apple season.