With reports of a crop of excellent quality from the Pacific Northwest growing regions of Wenatchee and Yakima, Washington and Mid-Columbia and Medford in Oregon, the total projection is showing approximately 18.7 million standard 44-lb box equivalents (or 411,400 tons) of pears for the fresh market. This estimate is 6% smaller than the five-year average, and 13% smaller than last year’s record crop. …
Nonprofit Katie’s Krops, welcomes long time supporter, Don Goodwin, to the board of directors. The growing 5o1(c)3 organization is honored to have the entrepreneur of a leading consulting firm in fresh produce as a board member. …
Although not widely consumed, some people enjoy lobster tomalley as a delicacy. Health Canada is reminding Canadians who are consuming tomalley from lobsters that there may be natural toxins present in this organ. …
Shrimp producer, Quoc Viet, has become the first farm to enter into assessment against the ASC Shrimp Standard for well-managed and responsible farms. If successful, Quoc Viet will be eligible carry the ASC logo on it products. Quoc Viet supplies customers from the US, Japan, EU, Australia, Canada, Korea, South East Asia and other countries. In 2013 the company supplied 15,000mt of shrimp and it aims to increase that to 20,000t in 2014.
SafetyChain Software the leader in realtime Food Safety Chain Management Systems (FSCMS) that help food and beverage companies Automate, Streamline & Improve FSQA™ — is pleased to announce that Ipswich Shellfish Company, the leading wholesale seafood processor and distributor of fresh and frozen seafood, is utilizing SafetyChain Software as its partner for a series of food safety and quality assurance (FSQA) automation initiatives. …
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