Cold Chain/Logistics
2011 listeria outbreak: U.S. cantaloupe contamination leads to lawsuits, search for detection method
In January, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee released a bipartisan staff report that details the findings from the comm... continue reading »
PMA contributes $900,000 to Center for Produce Safety
Food safety in the produce industry continues to be top of mind for consumers and industry leaders in 2012. Recognizing that ensuring consumer confid... continue reading »
Nielsen acquires The Perishables Group
Nielsen Holdings N.V., a global provider of information and analytics around what consumers watch and buy, has acquired The Perishables Group Inc., th... continue reading »
Building Bonduelle
For more than 100 years, the family-owned Bonduelle company has been devoted to one single and unchanging passion: Vegetables. Today, the French-based... continue reading »
Total Package
The five winners of this year's Produce Marketing Association packaging awards all showed that companies can combine convenience, food safety, sustain... continue reading »
Product Partnership
River Ranch Fresh Foods has partnered with Nunhems, a Bayer CropScience subsidiary specializing in vegetable genetics, to create Heritage Blend. This ... continue reading »
FDA On-Farm Inspections
The Food Safety Modernization Act has tasked FDA with improving the food safety of the U.S. food supply, and imported food products are a focus for th... continue reading »
PMA names Impact Award winners
Mike O'Brien, vice president of produce and floral for Schnuck Markets and past chairman of the Produce Marketing Association, announced the winners o... continue reading »
Titan Farms Stone Fruit
Last year, Fresh Cut featured the research done by Fruit Dynamics to develop a fresh-cut peach and nectarine program. Since then, South Carolina's Tit... continue reading »
FDA investigating multistate listeriosis outbreak associated with cantaloupes
FDA is working closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health agencies to investigate a multi-state outbreak of li... continue reading »
