NSF International, a global public health and safety organization that provides food safety and quality assurance services across all food supply chain sectors, announced the winners of the 2015 NSF Food Safety Leadership Awards today during the 2015 Food Safety Summit at the Baltimore Convention Center. …
The National Potato Council (NPC) is now accepting applications for a $10,000 graduate-level scholarship to be applied toward the 2015-2016 academic year. Each year, NPC awards one scholarship to a graduate student pursuing advanced studies (Master’s degree or higher) that will improve the future of the U.S. potato industry. Final scholarship selection is based on academic achievement, leadership abilities and the potential commercial value of the applicant’s academic work. …
Robert Wilhelm has launched Bova Fresh, LLC, grower, packer, shipper, broker of fresh fruits and vegetables. Bova will be handling items such as citrus, eastern and western vegetables, peaches, potatoes, onions, with strategic focus on growing and marketing both conventional and organic strawberries, as well as watermelons. …
Sun Rich Fresh Foods Inc. of Richmond, BC, Canada is voluntarily recalling sliced apple and products containing sliced apples, from its Northeast Fresh Facility located in Brampton, ON, Canada because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria. …
Plant geneticists Ivan Simko, Ryan Hayes, and Beiquan Mou and plant pathologist Carolee T. Bull, all in the Agricultural Research Service’s Crop Improvement and Protection Research Unit in Salinas, developed and tested the performance and resistance in field, greenhouse, and laboratory experiments of 16 new lettuce breeding lines: 6 icebergs, 4 romaines, and 6 leaf lettuces. They collaborated with Yaguang (Sunny) Luo, a food technologist at the ARS Food Quality Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, for testing of the lines, including postharvest evaluations of the lettuce quality; size and shape of the heads; size, shape, and texture of leaves; and core length. …
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