Food Safety

Chefs to earn top honors at United Fresh 2014

United Fresh has opened the nomination period for the 2014 Produce Excellence in Foodservice Awards Program, which honors the foodservice industry&rsq... continue reading »

Food for Thought: Experts offer snapshots on fresh-cut industry

The start of a new year is always a good time to take stock – to reflect on where we’ve come from and look ahead to where we’re goin... continue reading »

Fresh Ideas:Nothing ‘meh’ about fresh-cut

The New York Times Magazine has a little feature called “The Meh List” consisting of items that evoke lukewarm feelings (“meh”... continue reading »

United Fresh offers free listeria guide

Two recent outbreaks have demonstrated the vulnerability of some fresh and fresh-cut operations to listeria harborage leading to product contamination... continue reading »

United launches new monthly webinar series

United Fresh Produce Association members are invited to log-in for a new, complimentary webinar series hosted by United’s Market Segment Boards ... continue reading »

FDA to revise and ask for comments on parts of FSMA

FDA will draft what it calls “significant” revisions to parts of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and launch an additional comment... continue reading »

Fresh Ideas: Already and not yet

With the scheduled closing for comment periods on some of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rules looming as this issue goes to press, the fres... continue reading »

United announces Retail Produce Marketing and Merchandising Conference

United Fresh announced today that its second annual Retail Produce Marketing and Merchandising Conference will be held in Chicago on June 12-13 immedi... continue reading »

Clear Lam Packaging wins 2013 PMA Impact Award

For the second time in three years, Clear Lam Packaging was awarded a PMA Impact Award for Excellence in Packaging. Clear Lam collaborated with Ready ... continue reading »

Jensens plead guilty, sue inspection firm

Two brothers who owned a Colorado cantaloupe operation linked to a deadly outbreak of listeria have pleaded guilty to six federal misdemeanor charges.... continue reading »