Food Safety

Adequate source of potable water is essential for food processing

Potable water is essential to producing safe food products. Food processors use water for a variety of purposes, depending upon the type of food they ... continue reading »

PMA’s Bob Whitaker wins Food Safety Leadership Award

NSF International announced the winners of the 2015 NSF Food Safety Leadership Awards during the 2015 Food Safety Summit at the Baltimore Convention C... continue reading »

USDA awards grants for nanotechnology research

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced more than $3.8 million in funding to support g... continue reading »

Get recall ready with United Fresh seminar

United Fresh Produce Association is offering a new Recall Ready Seminar designed specifically for U.S. importers of fresh fruits and vegetables. Du... continue reading »

Sanitizing Solutions: Silver, ultraviolet light among new methods under investigation

Any produce processing plant needs to have a sound sanitization program in place, and this normally involves a mix of chemicals and water to sanitize ... continue reading »

Inventure issues recall of frozen, smoothie products

Inventure Foods has issued a voluntary product recall for our Fresh Frozen line of frozen vegetables as well as select varieties of its Jamba “At Ho... continue reading »

Salad Bars donated to 1,000 California Schools

“Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools” (LMSB2S) announced that salad bars have been donated to more than 1,000 California schools. The salad bar... continue reading »

Andros Foods North America to invest $73 million to expand fruit processing operation

Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe announced that Andros Foods North America, a subsidiary of France-based Andros Food Products, will invest $73 mill... continue reading »

Macfrut 2015 to offer new features, programs

Many new features are scheduled for the 2015 edition of Macfrut, the Italian Fruit and Vegetable Trade Fair, slated for September 23-25. Macfrut 2... continue reading »

Sliced Ambrosia Apples make the cut for supermarkets

Ambrosia apples are being released nationally in a new sliced apple package from Crunch Pak to capitalize on consumer demand for this new apple. ... continue reading »