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Contaminated sprouts: Jimmy John’s founder says inconsistent supply prompted decision to remove

While customers clamor for sprouts on the Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches Facebook page, the company says the reason it dropped the little shoots was ... continue reading »

Texas spinach contamination: Farm’s owner says there was no evidence at farm, processor

The owner of the farm in Texas whose spinach was the subject of a recent voluntary recall says the sample that tested positive for E. coli came from a... continue reading »

Love My Salad: Social networking website for salad lovers

  Salad enthusiasts now have a social networking site of their own called Love My Salad, an online destination that allows salad consumers to con... continue reading »

Online tracking tool: Good Growing Link helps communicate food chain sustainability

Bayer CropScience has launched Good Growing Link, a Web-based tracking tool powered by food safety and traceability technology leader FoodLogiQ Inc. T... continue reading »

Neogen names senior director of food safety marketing

Neogen Corp. has hired Gerry Broski as senior director of food safety marketing. Broski will be based in Neogen's Lansing, Mich., facilities and will ... continue reading »

FDA issues FSMA one-year progress report

According to a report issued by the Food and Drug Administration, since President Obama signed the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) on Jan. 4, 201... continue reading »

Building Bonduelle

For more than 100 years, the family-owned Bonduelle company has been devoted to one single and unchanging passion: Vegetables. Today, the French-based... continue reading »

20 Years and Counting

Twenty years doesn't seem that long for an industry, but for the fresh-cut produce industry it's been two decades of constant change, development and ... continue reading »

Total Package

The five winners of this year's Produce Marketing Association packaging awards all showed that companies can combine convenience, food safety, sustain... continue reading »

Product Partnership

River Ranch Fresh Foods has partnered with Nunhems, a Bayer CropScience subsidiary specializing in vegetable genetics, to create Heritage Blend. This ... continue reading »