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recognition, food safety, conventions & events
A top Washington fruit shipper was one of four companies recognized for its food safety programs at a recent international conference in Australia.
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PMA, food safety, people
Donna Garren, former vice president of food safety programmes for the London-based Consumer Goods Forum, is the new president and general manager of NSF Davis Fresh, Watsonville, Calif.
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NAPLES, Fla. — Florida tomato growers heard how their industry is helping shape national produce food safety practices, and Reggie Brown, manager of the Maitland-based Florida Tomato Committee and executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Exchange, plans to take his industry’s desire for harmonized audit standards to Washington, D.C.
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technology, packing, food safety, handling & distributing
Bland Distribution Services, a provider of cold storage, logistics, packaging and warehousing services, is using air sanitation technology from Atlanta-based KES Science & Technology Inc.
09/04/2010 12:13PM
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Mike Hornick
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FDA, food safety
As her Sept. 3 tour of a Salinas, Calif., strawberry field ended, Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg heard a plea for the FDA to end use of the term “berries” as a food safety category.
Grower Rafael Tejeda and Watsonville-based California Strawberry Commission president Mark Murai led Hamburg and a group including Rep. Sam Farr, D-Calif., and Scott Horsfall, chief executive officer of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, on a tour of food safety practices during harvest at Santa Paz Farms.
09/02/2010 03:37PM
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Tom Karst
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traceability, sustainability, food safety
Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., wants to develop a “one-stop shop” for members to deal with diverse traceability, sustainability and food safety requirements.
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crops & markets, opinion, local, food safety
As fall begins, the many local and regional deals start winding down but industry debate heats up on how these smaller growers should adapt food safety practices.
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foodservice, local, PMA, food safety
The Produce Marketing Association has joined forces with two industry heavyweights to provide food safety training to small growers supplying locally grown fruits and vegetables.
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food safety, growing
In light of an ongoing egg recall, the produce industry is finding itself to be the recipient of some positive publicity.
A CNN reporter and camera crew spent Aug. 26 in a Salinas, Calif., lettuce field talking with Jess Quinlan, president of Sabor Farms; Scott Horsfall, president and chief executive officer of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, and representatives from the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
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Florida produce industry leaders will discuss how national food safety standards will work when they meet at the 67th Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association convention Sept. 19-21 in Naples, Fla.