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US to allow importation of carrots from Korea
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing the importation of fresh carrots from the Rep... continue reading »
Utz enters $1.5B agreement with Collier Creek, will go public
Utz Quality Foods, a leading U.S. manufacturer of branded salty snacks, and Collier Creek Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company, June 5 anno... continue reading »
Column: COVID-19 creates unprecedented times for food supply chain
Unprecedented is an adjective that has been used frequently this spring. Aptly so. The shutdowns and stay-at-home orders that have taken place due ... continue reading »
Lamb Weston releases first Environmental, Social, and Governance report
Lamb Weston Holdings has announced the publication of its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The report outlines the way sustai... continue reading »
California tomato processing contract acreage up 7.8%
As of May 15, California’s tomato processors reported they have or will have contracts for 12.0 million tons of processing tomatoes for 2020. Thi... continue reading »
Del Monte Fresh exec Danny Dumas resigns, Cerioli to expand role with company
Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. announced that Danny Dumas resigned from the company effective May 29. [caption id="attachment_10938" align="a... continue reading »
Frozen french fry demand may be inching back quicker than anticipated
Signs are showing that frozen fry demand is improving quicker than the industry had anticipated, according to a May 27 report by North American Potat... continue reading »
Ag World Support Systems founder Warren Henninger remembered for generosity
“God, family, and potatoes.” That is how Warren Henninger’s passions are listed in his obituary. Henninger, a lifelong and very popular membe... continue reading »
‘Unprecedented’ rise in home food consumption shown in United Fresh report
United Fresh Produce Association’s first-quarter 2020 issue of FreshFacts on Retail reports on the beginning weeks of the unprecedented rise in in-h... continue reading »
COVID-19 hits Washington fruit processing facility, causing temporary shutdown
Vancouver, Washington-based Firestone Pacific Foods, which specializes in frozen fruit, has had dozens of employees test positive for COVID-19, report... continue reading »
