Does the produce industry actually believe there is a lesson to be learned from the spinach E. coli outbreak? My sense is that the answer
Tom Nassif, President and CEO of Western Growers Association, is a tireless and effective defender of the interests of his constituency. Thus, it was not
I’m reminded of a late night conversation I had with Joe Nucci of Mann Packing many years ago. Joe had been meeting with some equipment
“The spinach that is going to come on to the market next week, or whenever, is going to be as safe as it was before
With so much having been written in so short a time, thought it would be helpful to publish a sort of round-up of available material
We’ve already started a “Despicable Marketing Program” department in the Pundit with our article on how Fit, a produce wash, immediately started sending press releases
We previously ran a Pundit’s Retail Pulse in which we featured a guest panel consisting of Robert DiPiazza and Jerry Hull of Sam’s Club, Bob
It began with a bang, a shocking, unprecedented request that nobody eat fresh spinach, but it is ending with a muddled whimper. FDA issued a
Since Pacific Coast Fruit Company initiated its voluntary recall on September 22, 2006, we have been able to count up to five separate companies that
As the FDA has so far explained it, this whole outbreak has never made much sense. As we asked in a previous article, how was
