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BrightFarms recalls spinach and salad kits

- General News
The recalled products were distributed to retailers in seven states including Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

EFI introduces customized audits

- General News
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) announces the expansion of its certification offerings, reducing the growers' burden by allowing for a customized audit approach

Associated Food Stores to use Procurant software

- Retail
Procurant, a collaborative software platform for retail grocers, has been selected to provide perishables purchasing and source-to-pay order management by Associated Food Stores (AFS), a collection of more than 450 independent retailers across the western United States.

Kings River becomes first in citrus on traceability compliance

- General News
Kings River Packing is the first citrus company to do traceability according to the FDA’s FSMA 204 food traceability law.

Another lawsuit filed in cantaloupe outbreak

- General News
The national food safety law firm of Ron Simon & Associates has filed another lawsuit in the Cantaloupe Salmonella Outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy branded cantaloupe distributed by Sofia Produce, L.L.C. (Trufresh).

Bean sprouts recalled over Listeria risk

- General News
The recall was initiated after a random sample resulted in confirmation of presence Listeria monocytogenes in the product.

Salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe expands to 42 states

- General News
As of December 14, 302 people infected with one of the outbreak strains of Salmonella have been reported from 42 states.

Ecuadoran banana grower achieves global safety standard

- General News
Working with Equifruit, Ecuadoran banana grower Asoguabo achieves GlobalGAP Produce Handling Assurance (PHA) standard.

Listeria concerns prompt fresh spinach recall in seven states

- General News
Fresh Express recalled spinach items that were distributed to retailers in seven states including AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN and VA.

FDA releases retailers involved in stone fruit Listeria outbreak

- General News
The recalled fruit was sold at retail stores nationwide in bags or as individual pieces of fruit with PLU stickers, under multiple brand names.