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Potato supplier is invaluable to retail giant
As Tesco prepares to invade California with convenience stores, the company’s leading supplier of potato products is developing new strategies to... continue reading »
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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A First Time for Everything
I enjoy “firsts.”
My first car was a 1987 Plymouth Sundance. I sold it to buy my first new truck.
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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 »
Foxy Foods, Taylor Fresh Foods Merge
Foxy Foods, LLC and Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc. announced April 5 that they have agreed to merge Foxy Foods fresh produce processing operations into Tayl... continue reading »
FDA Finalizes Report On 2006 Spinach Outbreak
FDA and California’s Department of Health Services (CDHS) released a joint report today on an extensive investigation into the causes of an E. co... continue reading »
FDA Releases Fresh-Cut Safety Guidance
FDA released a draft of the final Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards of Fresh-cut Fruits and Vegetables March 12. Although outbreaks asso... continue reading »
FDA to Narrow Scope of E. coli Investigation by Friday, Sept. 22
According to the Produce Marketing Association (PMA) on Sept. 20, the FDA will narrow down the source of E. coli contamination to a specific growing a... continue reading »
