Food Safety
New techs pave the way for increased food safety
In the wake of the 2006 outbreak of E. coli in bagged spinach, processors are looking for faster, more accurate testing equipment to catch contaminati... continue reading »
Amusement park feeds millions of visitors each season
In 2006, 335 million people visited more than 600 amusement parks in the United States. That amounts to estimated revenues of $11.5 billion, a $4 bill... continue reading »
Dole invests in RFID to track produce from the field
Dole Fresh Vegetable launched a produce quality pilot program in March 2006 to see if radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags could improve the qua... continue reading »
City wouldn’t let processor stay or go
B&P Packing Company was between a rock and a hard place. On the one side was the city of Soledad, which wanted the processor to move from its downtown... continue reading »
Produce can learn from the beef industry
Bo Reagan sees the produce industry asking some of the same questions the beef industry started asking in 1993. He should know. As executive director ... continue reading »
A Traveling Man
The past two months found me in Palm Springs, Calif., for United FreshTech and Chicago for United Fresh Marketplace. The two shows were as different a... continue reading »
Marketing with Newsletters
Business marketing today encompasses so much more than just 20 years ago.
Your customer is inundated with information as never ... continue reading »
Food safety can begin before a plant is built
Sanitary design is a holistic approach to creating an environment that will reduce the risk of contamination in a fresh-cut produce facility. It cover... continue reading »
TV News and Old News
I tend to take everything I see in a television news program with a grain of salt.
While working at a local news affiliate durin... continue reading »
Employee Preparedness in Food Safety
Kudos to the lettuce industry for identifying strong food safety practices for production and designing a process to monitor them through the Californ... continue reading »
