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Atlanta-based Aptar Food + Beverage is launching InvisiShield packaging technology, which kills pathogens and extends shelf life.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on five businesses to enforce the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

Sev-Rend, Collinsville, Ill., has hired Jensie Smith as relationship manager.

Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has hired Kelly Dietz as vice president of sales.

Kam Chiu Lee, co-founder of Fresh Direct Produce Ltd., Vancouver, British Columbia, has died.

The Oppenheimer Group is extending a partnership with greenhouse grower Randhawa Farms, which has the Perpetual Vegetable Co. brand.

t’s watermelon season in Florida. But as the top U.S. watermelon-producing state prepares for harvest, many of the workers needed to collect the crop are stuck in Mexico, unable to secure visas.

The restaurant shutdown due to COVID19 has thus plugged the major consumption channel for potatoes. John Phipps explains the potato paradox in John’s World.

Registrar Corp., Hampton, Va., has acquired Vinca LLC, which provides online training for food safety management systems.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed a Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act administrative complaint against the Enson Group LLC, doing business as Eternal Food Service.