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Fresh Focus: Health Benefits Enhance Sales and Profits
We recently researched the American Heart Association’s requirements to use its heart-shaped logo on fresh produce for a client. It’s an eas... continue reading »
Fresh Cut Trends
At the Fresh-Cut Expo in Baltimore this past April, the International Fresh-cut Produce Association – now part of the United Fresh Produce Associ... continue reading »
Lack of pre-planning can make small event a nationwide disaster
On Sept. 14, the U.S. public woke up to images of TV news anchors holding up bags of fresh-cut spinach and telling them to throw it all away. Newspape... continue reading »
Fresh Focus: Third-Party Audits Can Improve Safety
There has never been a better time to focus on a third-party food-safety audit – and there are several reasons. First, the recent spinach outbrea... continue reading »
Fresh Focus: Getting Americans to Think Produce
As I was strolling through the grocery store after Halloween, I noticed a lot of baking ingredients stacked in the center aisle for attention. Apparen... continue reading »
Package design and cold chain management go hand in hand
Fresh-cut produce is the fastest growing segment of the produce industry, and customers are looking for convenience, freshness, quality and safety whe... continue reading »
A.M.S. Exotic adds value to specialty produce
After only two years in the retail market, A.M.S. Exotic has seen its fresh-cut Earth Exotics vegetables grow to about 60 percent of its business.
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Demand for fresh-cut organics growing in retail and foodservice
The organic market has experienced growth every year for at least the last 10 years. No longer a fringe movement, organic produce is considered by man... continue reading »
Food safety initiatives move forward on several fronts
California leafy greens have been under fire after recent E. coli outbreaks, and a number of food safety initiatives are moving forward to make produc... continue reading »
FDA Commissioner to Speak at Produce Safety Summit
FDA Chief Andrew von Eschenbach will keynote the opening session at the new Produce Safety Summit in Palm Springs, Calif. The summit will take place A... continue reading »
