Month: October 2012

Bonipak Produce Inc., one of California's leading produce growers based in Santa Maria, California, is proud to introduce its new online education program, The Knowledge Center. The program will be available to attendees of the PMA Fresh Summit International Convention and Exposition in Anaheim, CA on October 26th to the 28th . The program consists of three to four minute videos on broccoli, romaine, celery, lettuce, and cauliflower with information about varieties, growing practices and nutritional information. …

DMA Solutions, Inc., a leading marketing and creative firm in the fresh produce industry, will offer free, one-hour marketing consultations to ten fresh produce companies attending PMA Fresh Summit 2012 in Anaheim, CA on October 27-28, 2012. …

Procacci Brothers Sales Corp donated over a half of million pounds of produce from October 2011 to September 2012 to Philabundance, the Delaware Valley’s largest hunger relief organization.  The donation is the largest amount of produce Procacci has donated in a year to date, up from 18,917 pounds in 2010-11. …

Natural Selection Foods is voluntarily recalling Earthbound Farm Baby Spinach Grab & Go Salad Kits with Peanuts. The product is sold in a 3.5 ounce clamshell with UPC 0-32601-08875-0. All “Use By” dates are affected. …

Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of Dole American Blend salad in 12 oz. bags, coded A275208A or B, with Use-by date of October 17 and UPC 7143000933, due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes. Dole Fresh Vegetables is coordinating closely with regulatory officials. No illnesses have been reported in association with the recall. …