Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry:
Dole Vegetables’ Eric Schwartz
In this time when everyone keeps saying that bagged salad demand is depressed, Dole sent an announcement that it is expanding: DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC. ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF A NEW BAGGED SALAD PLANT IN NORTH CAROLINA WESTLAKE VILLAGE, California, February 7, 2007 — Extending its leadership in fresh food products, Dole Food Company, Inc. […]
CDFA Numbers Challenged
The CDFA issued a press release saying that handlers representing 70% of volume had signed the new California Marketing Agreement. They later told the Pundit that they were up to 85 percent. But CDFA won’t release names and some are questioning its methodology: SENATOR CALLS ON CDFA TO JUSTIFY THEIR STATISTICS Statement on leafy greens […]
Is The California Marketing Agreement
A Triumph Or A Failure?
The California Department of Food and Agriculture trumpets in its most recent press release the fact that: The Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, which would establish an inspection program for handlers of leafy greens, has been certified by the California Department of Food and Agriculture following sign-ups by handlers representing 70 percent of leafy greens produced […]
Dispatch From Berlin:
Lessons From Fruit Logistica
Visiting Fruit Logistica in Berlin is an eye-opener. With 1,867 exhibitors from 74 countries and attendance expected to exceed 40,000 people, it is significantly larger than PMA, the largest produce show in America. Yet even the comparison does an injustice to PMA. For PMA is not just a trade show, it is a convention, an […]
Pundit Rewind LXVX
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, […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative
Recap XLII
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 […]
Pathogen Tracker — The Game!
Ever wonder how the other half lives? Pathogen Tracker is an on-line game that lets you experience a foodborne illness outbreak from the standpoint of an epidemiologist appointed to a government agency charged with tracing this outbreak and preventing another one: Welcome to Pathogen Tracker. You are now a member of the Foodborne Illness Investigators […]
Pundit Rewind LXVIX
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 LVIX
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 XLI
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 […]
