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The past year has been one of successes and setbacks for the produce industry. Notably, in November, the United Fresh Produce Association, together with the Produce Marketing Association and the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, announced...
UNITED FRESH PUBLISHES COOL COMPLIANCE GUIDE WASHINGTON The United Fresh Produce Association here has published a new guide for the produce industry on how to comply with the Country of Origin Labeling law, which is due to go into effect for...
Nearly 40 retailers are providing their customers with food safety information and tips through the “Be Food Safe” campaign launched by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Partnership for Food Safety Education, officials said.
The Food and Drug Administration said at least 21 people in 13 states have been diagnosed with salmonellosis caused by the same strain of salmonella bacteria that was found in Malt-O-Meal’s recently recalled unsweetened Puffed Rice and...
In the aftermath of 2007's near-record meat recalls, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service has called a public meeting on April 9 and 10 to discuss various challenges and proposals on how to move forward to...
A joint Food Marketing Institute and Grocery Manufacturers Association initiative aimed at improving and bringing consistency to product recalls expects to deploy a uniform industrywide process “sometime over the second half of the year,&...
FRESHDIRECT ADDS NEW INDIAN LINE CREATED BY CHEF NEW YORK FreshDirect, an online, fresh foods home-delivery company serving the New York Metro area, has added a line of Indian cuisine with the help of Chef Floyd Cardoz of the upscale Tabla...
Several years ago, Dateline NBC aired a segment on salmonella in eggs caused by illegal enterprises that were repackaging old returned eggs as new and sending them back to stores. That inspired Brad Parker to start EggFusion and prevent such...
Can retailers trace any tainted food product back in the supply chain to determine where and when its integrity was compromised? In these days of frequent product recalls, that has become an increasingly pertinent question. So SN asked the...
R-CALF USA, a nonprofit organization representing cattle producers nationally, has announced its support for a proposal that would trace back E. coli- or salmonella-contaminated beef to its source of contamination, which R-CALF officials say is in...