Month: January 2014

Frieda’s Specialty Produce is ready to assist retailers, wholesalers, and foodservice distributors with Chinese New Year promotions to take advantage of one of the biggest food holidays of the year with popular, peak-of-season products such as Baby Bok Choy, Bitter Melon, Daikon, Ginger, Jicama, Buddha’s Hand Citron, Kumquats, Oroblanco, and Asian Pears, and a variety of complementary items like Black Garlic, Chow Mein Noodles, Tofu, and Won Ton and Egg Roll Wrappers. …

Leading produce supplier HBF International is pleased to announce important changes in leadership roles at the company.  The two owners of HBF International, Doug Perkins and Mark Hurst, will be expanding their responsibilities to meet the challenges of future expansion and opportunities within the industry. …

As it establishes additional goals for a new year, Proprietary Variety Management (PVM) in Yakima, Washington is looking back on 2013 where two major successes will likely have a large impact on the future of the fruit industry. …

The Safe Quality Food Institute (SQFI), a division of the Food Marketing Institute, announced today the incorporation of an unannounced audit protocol to be included in the next revision of the SQF Code (SQF). With the support of its Technical Advisory Council, representing SQF stakeholders, SQF will become the first internationally accredited third-party assessment program to require unannounced audits. Robert Garfield, senior vice president, SQFI, issued the following statement: …