Month: July 2015

LGMA Annual Report Shows Lowest Citations On Record

July 23, 2015 California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has issued its 2014/15 Annual Report detailing results of the mandatory government audits conducted during the past year. The findings show that out of nearly 75,000 food safety checkpoints audited at California leafy greens farms, a total of 370 citations were issued. This is the lowest number of citations issued in the history of the LGMA and represents less than half a percent of the total checkpoints verified during all LGMA audits for the year. …

Braga Fresh Adds Joe Pulido To Farming & Harvesting Operations

July 23, 2015 Braga Fresh Family Farms

Braga Fresh Family Farms announced they have hired Joe Pulido as farming and harvesting manager. The most recent addition to their expanding team of produce veterans, Pulido will be overseeing planting, farming and harvesting of more than 30 premium-quality organic vegetables growing on geographically diverse ranches Braga Fresh owns or controls from the Salinas Valley throughout California and into Western Arizona. …

Queen Anne's County, MD Gives $10,000 Toward Oyster Recovery Efforts

July 22, 2015 Staff Reporter, Star Democrat

The Queen Anne’s County Commissioners approved a request from the local watermen’s association for $10,000 to support oyster recovery efforts by Harris Seafood Company. …

Agreement Reached Over MSC's Alaska Salmon Certificate

July 22, 2015 Margaret Bauman, Cordova Times

An agreement reached July 21 in Seattle will transfer the Marine Stewardship Council sustainability certificate for Alaska salmon from the Alaska Salmon Processors Association to the Pacific Seafood Processors Association by Oct. 1. …

Osamu Corp. Recalls Frozen Tuna Products Due To Potential Health Risk

July 22, 2015 FDA

Osamu Corporation of Gardena, CA is recalling all of its frozen tuna (loin, saku, chunk, slice, and ground market forms) sourced from one processing plant in Indonesia because the Minnesota Department of Health Investigators found samples of this product from one retail location in Minnesota to be contaminated with Salmonella. …