If You Are Eating Out For Thanksgiving…
Note the small print on any condiment bottles: “Not for Resale.” Hidden within Bob Brackett’s testimony before a Senate committee is this doozy: On September 14, FDA held a press teleconference and issued a press release alerting consumers about the outbreak, stating that preliminary epidemiological evidence suggested that bagged fresh spinach may be the cause […]
Spinach Farmers Won’t Be Thanking
Certain Processors This Holiday
Probably the best single guide to the FDA’s thinking about the spinach crisis is the testimony of Robert E. Brackett, Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, United States Senate. It contains a fascinating revelation: “…FDA’s San Francisco District Office and […]
Buyer-led Food Safety Initiative Recap VI
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 has a conference planned. 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 […]
The Perishable Pundit’s
Unsung Heroes Award
As we prepare for Thanksgiving, it seems appropriate that the industry should give thanks to those who perform yeoman’s service for the trade. So often we highlight the same people over and over again. These are the CEOs, the Presidents, the board members, the big names and, of course, these people work hard and do […]
Spinach Crisis Summary Rewind XXXIII
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 to help people understand the whole situation regarding spinach and this E. coli breakout: The Perishable Pundit itself has dealt extensively with the subject in several major pieces. On September […]
Botulism And Carrot Juice Summary XXIII
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 V
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 has a conference planned. 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 —
Woeful Costco Experience
In response to our Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry: Westborn Markets, Schnucks, Wal-Mart, which was a continuation of our Pundit’s Pulse Of The Industry: Bigg’s Marvin Lyons, we received this insightful note: Interesting comments from the big hitters in the retail produce arena. What about at the store level where produce department managers are talking […]
United Fresh Offers
Executive Development Program
United Fresh Produce Association, through its Research and Education Foundation, announced that it would offer the United Fresh Produce Executive Development Program. The program was designed under the auspices of Ed McLaughlin, Director of the Food Industry Management Program, and Robert G. Tobin, Professor of Marketing at Cornell University, and the idea for the program […]
Capitol Report: United Helps
Coordinate ‘Spinach Fest’
United Fresh has been hard at work on Capitol Hill: Congressmen Host “Spinach Is Back” Salad Bar on Capitol Hill Washington, DC — Yesterday Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) and Rep. Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) hosted a “Spinach Is Back” Congressional luncheon with a number of Administration and public health officials to raise awareness that fresh, safe […]
