Food Safety

FSMA meetings planned in D.C.

United Fresh will host a series of stakeholder meetings held in conjunction with the FDA public hearings on the proposed Produce Safety Rule and the... continue reading »

United sets activities at Fruit Logistica 2013

United Fresh will exhibit and hold special activities at Fruit Logistica, Feb. 6-8 in Berlin, Germany. The United Fresh stand will be located in H... continue reading »

FDA sets up links for FSMA comments

FDA has established two links for comment on the proposed rules to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The rules were published in t... continue reading »

FMI hires new food safety director

The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) announced Josh Katz as its new director of food safety programs. Katz will be instrumental in the development and... continue reading »

Series of FSMA webinars underway

Both the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and United Fresh are conducing a series of webinars about the Food Safety Modernization Act implementat... continue reading »

Georgia, United Fresh offer HACCP course

United Fresh is once again partnering with University of Georgia on the “Developing & Implementing GAPs and GMPs for HACCP-based Food Safe... continue reading »

Growing Strong: Meeting consumer demand key to keeping fresh-cut healthy in 2013

Positive. Growing tremendously. Stronger than ever. Those some of the terms used by members of the United Fresh Fresh-Cut Processor Board as t... continue reading »

FDA releases rules to implement FSMA

The FDA has released its long-awaited implementation documents for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The two rules will be placed in the Fed... continue reading »

Ready Pac plant earns SQF certification

Ready Pac Foods announced that its Swedesboro, N.J. fresh foods processing facility received SQF (Safe Quality Food) Level 3 certification, the high... continue reading »

Back to the field once again

The first paying job I ever had involved a short walk across the street. That’s where the asparagus field was.  I protested the indigni... continue reading »