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Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management

By H. Louis Cooperhouse
Rutgers University Food Innovation Center A food safety emergency is a crisis in which an unplanned event trig... continue reading »

Packaging Potatoes

In an effort to meet changing consumer demands and lifestyles, L&M Cos. is expanding its microwaveable potatoes to include sweet potatoes, and has int... continue reading »

Sustainability Center Stage

The Global Conference on Sustainability kicked off this morning in a full ballroom at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.

Jeff Dlott, preside... continue reading »

Fresh-Cut Research, Take 2

The food safety pavilion at United Fresh 2010 offered researchers the chance to talk about projects, and some had implications for processors.
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Super Sessions

The United Fresh Super Sessions - with four concurrent tracks for retail/foodservice, grower shipper, wholesaler/distributor and fresh-cut processing ... continue reading »

Chiquita Announces Joint Venture With Danone

Chiquita Brands International Inc. announced a joint venture with Danone to market fruit beverages based on Chiquita's Just Fruit in a Bottle platform... continue reading »

Data and Werewolves

A recent article in Wired Magazine described a new parlour game spreading through the tech community. Werewolf, a game similar to Mafia or Wink Murder... continue reading »

State of the Industry

At the start of 2009 in Fresh Cut’s annual state of the industry report, there was little evidence that the small cracks in the economy would gro... continue reading »

PMA Adds to Food Safety Team

The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) announced in early January that it was reorganizing the staff to better implement its strategic plans. The sta... continue reading »

FDA Requests $4 Billion to Transform Food Safety System, Invest in Medical Product Safety, Regulator

FDA is requesting $4.03 billion to promote and protect public health as part of the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget – a 23 percent incre... continue reading »