PMA Commits $1 Million To Food Safety Fixes
The Produce Marketing Association responded to recent food safety issues in the produce industry with an announcement that its board had authorized $1 million over the next 14 months for a food safety program: The plan will be coordinated with key industry association partners to avoid duplication and ensure a timely response. The activities in […]
Disney Default
Perhaps the most exciting food industry news out last week was that Disney now has plans to make fruits and vegetables the “default choice” on fast food meals served at its theme park restaurants. This means that if you order a #1, you will get a hamburger, a drink and some carrots, for example, rather […]
Spinach Crisis Summary Rewind XVIII
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 VIII
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 […]
A Rogue Cheese
Also at SIAL… an intriguing new product: Smokey Blue Cheese from Rogue Creamery in Oregon, booth # 3D122: the first blue cheese made on the U.S. West Coast, it is cold smoked for 16 hours over locally grown hazelnut shells We dealt with the explosion of specialty cheese in the very first edition of the […]
SIAL Innovations
Over at SIAL in Paris, Mark Gold, Publisher of the Pundit’s sister magazine, AMERICAN FOOD AND AG EXPORTER, sends word of an interesting approach to promotion on a trade show floor: The California Show Kitchen, featuring dishes prepared with California’s bounty Pavilion visitors will have more than one opportunity to experience firsthand the quality and […]
Dulcinea/Rosemont Alliance
Premiers New Supply Chain Model
First out of the gate with a major corporate announcement of industry significance at the Produce Marketing Association convention is this intriguing combination: Dulcinea Farms, LLC and Rosemont Farms Corporation Announce New Business Alliance to Better Serve the Produce Industry Dulcinea Farms, home to Fruit of Legendary Perfection, and Rosemont Farms, a leading grower, shipper […]
Town Hall Spinach Meeting:
Unanswered Questions
The Produce Marketing Association held its “Town Hall” meeting on the spinach/E.coli crisis on Saturday, and it certainly was valuable to provide an opportunity for the trade to hear a kind of recap of what happened and what the issues are that need to be dealt with. It also provided a forum for individuals to […]
Spinach Crisis Summary Rewind XVII
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 VII
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 […]
