Food Safety
Pacific Coast Fruit recalls products that include River Ranch Farm salad
Pacific Coast Fruit Company, of Portland, Ore., is voluntarily recalling multiple types of bagged processed salads based on the potential contaminatio... continue reading »
River Ranch expands recall because of possible listeria contamination in salads
River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, Calif., is expanding its voluntary recall of retail and foodservice bagged salads because of potential listeria mo... continue reading »
Gills Onions recalls one lot of diced red onions for possible listeria contamination
Gills Onions, LLC of Oxnard, Calif., is initiating a voluntary recall of 2,360 pounds of diced red onions because it may be contaminated with listeria... continue reading »
CanadaGAP, CPMA food safety programs merging
The Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) and Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) will integrate the CanadaGAP (On-Farm Food Safety) Program ... continue reading »
California cantaloupe growers are all in for food safety audits, marketing order
California cantaloupe growers have unanimously voted to participate in the state's first food safety program to be implemented by a commodity board. U... continue reading »

Crisis communication crash course
Consumers sickened or worse, farms and food processors going out of business, large cash settlements paid to victims, and entire industries reeling fr... continue reading »
Making traceability work
It can be a long way from farm to table. And a lot of things can happen along the journey. With the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) calling for a... continue reading »
Inspiration at salad bar
It's hard not to be inspired after talking with Jessica Shelly. She's Cincinnati Public Schools' director of food services, one of United Fresh's Prod... continue reading »
Traceability, food safety focus of CPG industry track at GS1 Connect 2012
Traceability and food safety will be at the forefront of the fresh foods and consumer packaged goods (CPG) track at GS1 Connect 2012 coming up June 5-... continue reading »

Food safety: Cantaloupe guidance process is under way
The industry collaborative working on updating food safety guidance specific to cantaloupe is holding weekly conference calls instead of trying to mee... continue reading »