Month: January 2017

Love Beets – a pioneering line of premium, ready-to-eat beet products – is growing its product offering with 100% pure Beet Powder that’s an ideal item for health enthusiasts, fitness fanatics, or those just looking to incorporate more better-for-you ingredients in their diet. …

A new PLU number 3488 has been approved and assigned for red mangos size 7 and larger by the Produce Marketing Association and the International Federation for Produce Standards. PLU code 4959 now denotes red mangos sizes 8 to 10. The new PLU number has been added to the international database and is available for immediate use. …

Shuman Produce is excited to announce that it will be donating 2,602 pounds of its RealSweet® Peruvian sweet onions to Farm Share Florida after a successful four-week social media campaign. The #ShareTheSweetSpirit initiative was launched in early December and concluded at the end of the month. …

Although a handful of researchers have examined potential pathogen contamination of cantaloupe in the field, few have studied the melon in relation to potential pathogen transfer from and to contact surfaces throughout the food chain. Dr. Laura Strawn, an assistant professor of food science and produce safety Extension specialist at Virginia Tech, is leading a project to do just that with a focus on Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes transfer. …