FDA Proposes Model Food Code
Be Amended:
Leafy Greens To Be Held At 41 Degrees
Or Less — Retail And Foodservice Operators Affected
There are two important food safety events going on this week. The Pundit is participating in a sold-out program at Seattle University School of Law entitled, Who’s Minding the Store? The Current State of Food Safety and How It Can Be Improved — with a group of high-powered lecturers: SPEAKERS Special Guest Speaker Governor Christine […]
Tale Of Tesco’s
Disrespectful Dinner Guest
As we have analyzed Tesco’s operation in America, we have often commented on the arrogance that seems to be holding back Tesco from reaching its potential in the USA. Part of that started with a “dissing” of American suppliers by bringing several of its British suppliers to help set up and supply its new Fresh […]
Ripening Workshop Set For May 20
A hat tip to Jim Gorney! It wasn’t all that long ago that he was toiling at United Fresh and we were awarding him — along with Hank Giclas and David Gombas — our Perishable Pundit Unsung Heroes Award for doing yeoman’s work during the industry spinach crisis. Now having read our piece, Lousy Fruit […]
Veteran Buyer Makes Appeal
To Save New Jersey Ag Department
Our piece, The Garden State… With No Gardener, highlighted the proposal to eliminate The New Jersey Department of Agriculture. That piece was posted a month before a big protest was held in Trenton. You can view the video to get some graphics on the situation: The protest was also picked in many local newspapers: Farmers […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
Too Critical On Tesco?
In addition to the extensive reporting and analysis we have offered on Tesco and its Fresh & Easy venture in the United States and material written in sister publications (most recently a column entitled Merchandising Disconnect in PRODUCE BUSINESS), our analysis has been found sufficiently compelling that we are often consulted by investment bankers in […]
Pundit’s Mailbag — Expectations
Too High On Ripe-And-Ready Fruit?
Our piece, Lousy Fruit Undermines Consumption, brought a letter from the UK that focused on the important role played by store personnel in promoting produce. We dealt with that letter in a discussion entitled, Pundit’s Mailbag — More On Lousy Fruit: Where’s The Management? Now we have a letter from an executive at a well […]
FDA Status Quo Cannot Stand
Our coverage of Agropecuaria Montelibano and the “import alert” imposed on its cantaloupes grown in Honduras — which included pieces, such as FDA Fumbles Again On Cantaloupe ‘Alert’, and a special 14-article edition devoted solely to the issue, which we called We Are All Affected By Cantaloupe Issue and Positive Test On Cantaloupe Causes More […]
AgriWorld Takes
On More Customers
There recently has been an avalanche of press releases announcing various company relationships with an organization called Agriworld Exchange, which calls itself, the “Premier Online Agricultural Marketplace.” What is this all about? Does it herald the return of the dot-coms? We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to find out more: Dr. […]
Fresh & Easy Vendors Uneasy
In revamping its Fresh & Easy chain in America, Tesco’s room to maneuver may be constrained as a confluence of decisions has led to a decline in corporate credibility. For Fresh & Easy, that is no small matter. Tesco’s efforts to make Fresh & Easy a success will be much easier if it can operate […]
Positive Test On Cantaloupes
Causes More Confusion
The FDA tells us that it has a positive test result for salmonella on some cantaloupes produced by Agropecuaria Montelibano. The results are from samples the FDA had taken for testing at a border crossing on March 12, 2008. We’ve been covering this issue extensively both here and here. Information is scarce, and it is […]
