Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative
Recap XXXVIII
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 […]
A Step Toward Regulating
California’s Fresh Produce
Senator Dean Florez of California’s 16th District has introduced legislation calling for mandatory regulation of the California fresh produce industry. As his office explains in a press release: The first measure in the bill series Florez will introduce gives the Department of Health Services (DHS) the authority it needs to effectively manage future outbreaks and […]
PMA Pledges $1.75 Million
More For Produce Safety
First, PMA committed $1 million for a food safety program. Then Fresh Express gave $2 million to fund research into E. coli 0157:H7. Now PMA is upping the ante and pledging $2.75 million total toward a food safety program for the produce trade. $2 million of that will go for research, $500,000 for a communications […]
Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry:
Florette UK’s Mark Newton
We ran a piece as soon as we learned that American-grown watercress, marketed under the Florette brand, had been recalled in Ireland due to the suspected presence of Salmonella, which could present a risk to the health of consumers. It is our policy to not leave things hanging too long, so we spoke to the […]
Pundit Rewind LXVI
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’s Mailbag —
Fresh Flowers And The Freeze
We’ve been getting some requests for information on how the freeze may affect fresh flowers in California. Requests such as this letter: Any information we can pass onto our customers on the shortage of flowers due to cold weather and the freeze in California? With Valentine’s here, it would be great if you had anything […]
Target Builds First Food
Distribution Center
Looks like Target is tip-toeing in to make its version of the super center more competitive by backing it up with some enhanced logistics capability: MINNEAPOLIS — Jan. 31, 2007 — Target today announced the construction of its first food distribution center in Lake City, Florida. Scheduled to open in late summer 2008, the food […]
Wal-Mart's Bruce Peterson Resigns
Bruce T. Peterson, senior vice president and general merchandise manager of perishables for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., has submitted his resignation. With this resignation of the man who held the most important position in the perishable foods arena, an era draws to a close. The Pundit and Bruce Peterson shake hands after a joint keynote presentation […]
Concern For Chiquita’s Future
We’ve been praising Fresh Express for its food safety program and its donation to industry food safety efforts. However, we worry about the future of its parent company, Chiquita It was just announced that Jim Gallagher, VP Global Sales, Scott Komar, VP Global Innovation (former VP Operations) and Sarah Stone, National Director for the entire […]
Pundit Rewind LXV
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, […]
