Month: March 2014

On Thursday, 67 members of Congress representing both urban and rural districts sent a message to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack communicating their disappointment that the department disregarded a congressional directive to add fresh white potatoes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) basket. …

Potandon Produce L.L.C. announced the promotion of several key employees as part of a sales reorganization. …

Ready Pac Foods, Inc. provided a hands-on experience of its Swedesboro, NJ fresh-cut processing facility to FoodCorps New Jersey, an organization that works to improve school food and local produce sourcing. The event, led by Jeff Herdeg, Ready Pac’s Director of Food Service National Accounts at Ready Pac, and a member of the New Jersey Agricultural Leadership Development Program Class 9, helped the group experience a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to bring fresh produce to school lunch plates. …

Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling a limited number of cases of bagged salad. The products being recalled are Dole Italian Blend (UPC 7143000819), Fresh Selections Italian Style Blend (UPC 1111091045), Little Salad Bar Italian Salad (UPC 4149811014) and Marketside Italian Style Salad (UPC 8113102780) coded A058201A or B, with Use-by date of March 12, 2014 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. …

RM Investors, Inc. (“RMII”), announced that it had agreed to acquire 20/20 Produce Sales, Inc., a regional produce distributor based in Heyburn, Idaho. 20/20 Produce Sales, Inc. had net sales of $15.9 million and a net profit of $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. …