Fresh Cut Magazine

River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, Calif., is expanding its voluntary recall of retail and foodservice bagged salads because of potential listeria monocytogenes contamination. Retail salad products under the recall were distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada in various sizes, under the brand names of… Full Story »

California cantaloupe growers have unanimously voted to participate in the state's first food safety program to be implemented by a commodity board. Until now, California state marketing orders have been utilized for branding, marketing and promotion. Cantaloupe growers from Bakersfield north had been participating in… Full Story »

The Canadian Horticultural Council (CHC) and Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) will integrate the CanadaGAP (On-Farm Food Safety) Program and the CPMA Repacking and Wholesale Food Safety Program (RWFSP). According to the organizations, integrating the two programs will result in some key benefits for the… Full Story »

Healthy foods do not necessarily cost more. That's according to a new report from the Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service (ERS). In a press conference May 16, the study's co-author, Andrea Carlson, was joined by Dr. Robert Post, deputy director for the Center for… Full Story »

Built like romaine, crisper like iceberg: Misionero Vegetables and Seminis Vegetable Seeds have announced the introduction of Frescada. The U.S.-grown lettuce is a cross between iceberg and Romaine. The companies describe Frescada as having the sweet taste and crispy texture of iceberg, but with more… Full Story »

Traceability and food safety will be at the forefront of the fresh foods and consumer packaged goods (CPG) track at GS1 Connect 2012 coming up June 5-7 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Presented by GS1 US, the event will feature… Full Story »

The United Fresh Produce Association and the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance have joined nearly 130 other agriculture organizations to urge the leadership of the United States Senate to bring the farm bill passed by the Senate Agriculture Committee to the full Senate for passage… Full Story »

By Kathy GibbonsEditorial Director Al Dietrich didn't get a lot of sleep last night. The Conklin, Mich., grower had to be up and at his family's Dietrich Orchards' packing facility by 4:15 a.m. today in preparation for hosting McDonald's announcement of a new "From Michigan… Full Story »