food safety
Fresh Focus: What’s for Dinner?
When I was growing up, my parents took us to a restaurant once in a while on Friday night for the fish fry or Sunday afternoon to the S&W cafeteria, a... continue reading »
ARS Looks at All Aspects of Fresh-Cut Produce
Conveniently packaged fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are showing up in more and more consumer markets. Ready-to-eat sliced apples, for exa... continue reading »
Strong Oxidizers Present Alternatives to Chlorine Washes
Chlorine is the most common sanitizer used in fresh-cut fruit and vegetable production. It is an effective sanitizer that has its advantages, but fres... continue reading »
Fresh Focus: Ethnic Population, College Students Spur Organic Growth
I’ve been thinking about the organic food industry lately. New products seem to be coming on the market every day and yet, for all the talk of gr... continue reading »
‘New school’ produce guys grow sales at ‘old school’ company
Phil Riggio, CEO of Detroit-based Aunt Mid’s Produce Company, considers himself an “old school” produce man, so he’s letting some ... continue reading »
McDonald’s Looks to Fresh-Cut When Creating New Menu Items
McDonald’s Golden Arches is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. But in recent years, the fast food industry has been publicly crit... continue reading »
Industry slowly recovering after E. coli outbreak
As the investigation into the nationwide outbreak of E. coli in spinach focuses on a small area in California, processors and industry groups nationwi... 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 »
Safe and Healthy
I never realized how many products I eat have spinach in them until it was pulled out of the market in September. If you were to ask me, I would proba... 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 »
