food safety
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 »
An Industry Affected
Just as I sat down at my computer to write this month’s column my e-mail dinged – letting me know I had a new message. Hoping it wasn’t... continue reading »
Buyer group writes to industry associations, calls for food safety pipeline
Eight produce buyers, representing millions of dollars, are encouraging the produce industry to develop new food safety measures for produce.
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Top Trends for 2007
Another year, another E. coli scare? I certainly hope not, but would anyone be surprised if we face new food safety outbreaks? While our industry tri... 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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Trade Advertising
For the past year, our Fresh Focus column has been concentrating on the technical aspects of your business including information on food safety, fresh... continue reading »
Spinach, Leafy Green Still Suffer From Recall
According to a research report released Feb. 5 by Rutgers University Food Policy Institute, the produce industry still has work to do to prevent scena... continue reading »
What Does the Future Hold for Third Party Audits?
Throughout all the discussions about food safety in the last six months, one group has escaped being noticed. I am surprised we haven’t heard mor... continue reading »
Fresh-cut processor grows sales in foodservice and retail
Jeff Twyman calls his entry into the produce industry a “strange sequence of events.”
A lawyer by trade, Twyman was mor... 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 »
