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On behalf of the Canadian fresh produce industry, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) welcomes yesterday’s announcement that the Government of Canada will create a new Supply Chain Task Force.

The FDA investigated a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections linked to whole, fresh onions from the State of Chihuahua, Mexcio. As of February 2, 2022, the FDA and CDC have declared this outbreak over.

AWG and IRi announced a strategic partnership to launch AWG Partner Gateway, a portal to enable integrated and seamless collaboration between AWG members and their vendor partners using IRI Liquid Data® technology.

RLS Logistics recently added two additional partners and members of the RLS network of cold chain solution providers: Hutt Trucking and Logistics, and Performance Cold Storage.

The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association (NARBA) annual conference in February 2022, will move to a virtual conference format due to the ongoing disruption of the Covid 19 pandemic.

For the seventh consecutive year Smurfit Kappa received the Pre-Treatment Partnership Award at the Environmental Excellence Awards for the proper management and adoption of water regulations within its production site.

A major winter storm is barreling across the country bringing rain as far south as Texas and snow and ice stretching north to the Great Lakes.

Sunkist Growers has debuted new organic packaging to support the increased demand for organic citrus at retail.

The Giumarra Companies announced the centennial anniversary of its wholesale produce business. The company’s operation was founded in Los Angeles, California in 1922 by Giuseppe “Joe” Giumarra and his brothers.

J. Marchini Farms is a year-round supplier of chicories (radicchio, treviso, and castelfranco) as well as Italian specialties and a fresh fig program. However, they will soon be known for a new chicory, Radicchio Rosa.