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Justin Warren has been appointed Del Rey Avocado’s new chief financial officer as of January 2, 2022.

New York Times bestselling author and former NFL great Tim Tebow will be the keynote speaker at the Southeast Produce Council’s upcoming Southern Exposure: The Marvel of Produce tradeshow and conference.

The volume of produce out of Mexico has continued to grow. More commodities are being grown in Mexico every year, because more California companies are getting into Mexico.

Rep. Garamendi says the USDA partnership with the Port of Oakland “isn’t going to solve the problem” because shippers deliver product to the U.S. and leave ports with empty containers.

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.