IFPA members among new appointees to USDA advisory panels

Representatives of several International Fresh Produce Association member companies have been appointed to USDA advisory panels, including 12 IFPA members appointed to the Fruit and Vegetable Advisory Committee.

Those members, who will serve two-year terms, are:

• Alex DiNovo, DNO Produce
• Tony Freytag, Crunch Pak
• Bill Weyland, Seven Seas Fruit
• Jenny Maloney, Bayer Vegetable Seeds
• Roland R. Harmon II, Walmart
• Stephen Brazeel, SunTerra Produce Traders
• Sarah Davidson Evanega, Okanagan Specialty Fruits
• Takashi Nakamura, Fresh Del Monte
• Eric Profitt, Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic
• Angel Rafael Santiago, Caribbean Produce Exchange
• Amy Jeanne Baker, Peterson Farms
• James Robert Benson, Hronis

In addition, Amanda Felder, organic integrity and environmental compliance manager at Taylor Farms, and Andrea Hatziyannis, category strategy manager at Sprouts Farmers Market, have been appointed to the USDA’s National Organic Standards Board for five-year terms.

This 15-member board advises the Secretary of Agriculture on policies for organic food production and distribution, including oversight of the National List of Approved and Prohibited Substances.