Houweling's Tomatoes Expands Signature Selection Line

March 7, 2017 Houweling’s Group

Houweling’s Tomatoes is pleased to announce three new high flavor tomato packs as part of their premium Signature Selection line. The exclusive Signature Selection brand dictates a strict crieria for varietal selection and growing practices, placing flavor at the forefront of the selection criteria, followed by other key attributes such as texture, and appearance.

United Fresh Names 25 Retail Produce Manager Award Honorees

Marking its 13th year of recognizing exceptional retail produce managers, United Fresh Produce Association announced the honorees of its 2017 Retail Produce Manager Awards Program. The group of 25 produce managers represents supermarket banners, commissaries and independent retail stores from 14 different states and two Canadian provinces. The winners will be the honored guests at the United Fresh 2017 convention, June 13-15 in Chicago.

Interko Responds To South East Asian Demand For Ready-To-Eat Fruit

March 7, 2017 Interko

Recognising the strong demand across South East Asia for ripe and ready fruit, Interko, a leading designer, manufacturer and installer of advanced ripening technology, will exhibit for the first time at Horti ASIA on 15-17 March in Bangkok, Thailand.

USDA Seeks Nominees For The Hass Avocado Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for the Hass Avocado Board to fill five seats for members and five seats for alternates whose terms expire on October 31, 2017. The deadline for nominations is March 29, 2017.

Chinese Shrimp Continue To Show Antibiotic Contamination

March 6, 2017 Southern Shrimp Alliance

Over the weekend, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) released information regarding entry line refusals for February.  In total, 10 of the 122 (8.2%) of the entry line refusals reported for last month were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics.