Food Safety

New e-Learning tools for traceability and produce identification

United Fresh, along with the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, Produce Marketing Association, GS1 Canada and GS1 US, ha... continue reading »

Keeping the Fresh in Fresh-Cut: A case for improving refrigerated display units

It’s no secret – or surprise to anyone in the industry these days – that maintaining the cold chain has a big effect on the quality ... continue reading »

Fresh Ideas: Becoming wiser food stewards

Every family has a list of strongly discouraged behaviors. For my clan, the sin of wasting food was close to the top of the list. There are two logica... continue reading »

United Fresh launches “Now Boarding for Chicago” Spring Fresh Impact Tour

United Fresh will kick off its 2014 “Now Boarding for Chicago” Spring Fresh Impact Tour with town halls and member visits in 10 states dur... continue reading »

Fresh Ideas: Innovations Don’t Stop At a Border

As human beings evolved, we developed the ability to use tools to solve problems. This is an aspect of humanity that philosophers call “homo fab... continue reading »

Roka Bioscience awarded AOAC-RI certification for Atlas STEC EG2 Combo

Roka Bioscience announced today that its Atlas STEC EG2 Combo Detection Assay has received AOAC Performance Tested Methods certification from the AOAC... continue reading »

Industry members fuel global tour, meet with supply chain at PMA Fresh Connections

To help members better understand how current trends can impact business, the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) is embarking on a globetrotting tour... continue reading »

Birko’s Ian Bessell receives HACCP certification

Birko announced that its produce specialist, Ian Bessell, is now HACCP Certified through the International HACCP Alliance. Bessell successfully compl... continue reading »

Birko’s Ian Bessell receives HACCP certification

Birko announced that its produce specialist, Ian Bessell, is now HACCP Certified through the International HACCP Alliance. Bessell successfull... continue reading »

United Fresh supports FDA’s new timeline for FSMA rules

United Fresh Produce Association applauds the agreement reached among FDA, the Center for Food Safety and the Center for Environmental Health to creat... continue reading »