Pundit’s Mailbag —
Sunkist And The Australian Citrus Deal
We just received a letter regarding a piece we ran some time ago entitled Pundit’s Mailbag — In Defense of Sunkist’s New CEO, in which we ran a lengthy letter to the Pundit supportive of Tim Lindgren and analyzed that letter’s many points. Among other things, the letter-writer had dealt with the issue of many […]
Top Ten Food Safety Myths Slideshow
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has come up with a “Top Ten” food safety myth slideshow for consumers. Some interesting facts: One bacteria left at room temperature for 7 hours will grow to 2,097,152! Some bacteria, such as staphylococcus (staph), produce toxins not destroyed by high cooking temperatures. 1 out of 4 hamburgers turn brown before […]
Are Organics Good For The Environment?
Because there are no good scientific studies supporting the notion that organically grown foods enhance human health or extend lifespan, advocates of organic agriculture have focused on the environmental benefits of organic farming. Yet a new study just out in the U.K. finds that, carefully considered, some organic farming may be more hazardous to the […]
Costco Quandary — Should Pre-Washed
Spinach Be Washed Again?
We’ve run several pieces related to Costco and the reintroduction of spinach into its warehouses. First we ran Consumer Studies On Spinach Reviewed…And Costco’s Proactive Approach, which mentioned a USA Today article that detailed Costco’s new requirement that spinach suppliers random-test at the processing plant. Then we followed up with a piece called Pundit’s Pulse […]
Whole Foods To Acquire Wild Oats:
Circling The Wagons As Others Sell Organics
The word is out now that Whole Foods intends to buy Wild Oats. The key paragraph in Whole Foods’ press release announcing the acquisition may be this one: “The growth opportunity in this category has led to increased competition from many players, most of whom are not dedicated natural and organic foods supermarkets, but are […]
Pundit Rewind LXVXVI
The Pundit originally ran the Pundit Rewind on September 21, 2006. We continuously update it in order to keep everyone organized with respect to reference material on this subject; we have updated it with new items and run it again today. Spinach Crisis Summary With so much having been written in so short a time, […]
Pundit Rewind LXVXV
The Pundit originally ran the Pundit Rewind on September 21, 2006. We continuously update it in order to keep everyone organized with respect to reference material on this subject; we have updated it with new items and run it again today. Spinach Crisis Summary With so much having been written in so short a time, […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary LVXV
We’ve been asked to make available in one place our coverage of the recall by Wm. Bolthouse Farms of certain 100% carrot juice products and the broader implications of this issue for food safety. This piece is updated regularly and will be re-run to include new coverage of this outbreak and issue. We initiated our […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative
Recap XLVII
There is an ad hoc group that started it all. The National Restaurant Association has its group working on a program and the Food Marketing Institute held a conference. All these buyer-led initiatives can get confusing, so to assist the trade in keeping track of them all, we are publishing this recap of coverage all […]
Pundit’s Mailbag —
More Questions About Leafy Greens Board
Our article, Marketing Make-up Causes Concern, brought a diverse response. The piece followed up on our article, California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement Board, which detailed the appointees to the board: SALINAS-WATSONVILLE-SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY- KERN COUNTY DISTRICT John D’Arrigo — D’Arrigo Brothers Eric Schwartz — Dole Food Company Jamie Strachan — Growers Express Dave Eldredge — […]
