CERTUS To Bring In-House Salmonella Testing To Food Processing Plants

December 26, 2017 CERTUS™

To address a pathogen which, according to the CDC causes more than one million food-borne illnesses in the United States annually, the new CERTUS Salmonella test will use the same proprietary Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) technology and instrument platform as the company’s CERTUS EL test for Listeria, which is due to launch in early 2018.

California Poised To Usurp Florida As The King Of US Oranges

December 26, 2017 Marvin G Perez, Bloomberg

It’s been a miserable few years for Florida’s orange crop. And now to add insult to injury, California is gearing up to steal the Sunshine State’s crown as the king of U.S. citrus production.

Local Roots Eyes 100 New TerraFarms In 2018

Local Roots will deploy more than 100 new TerraFarms in 2018. The company is also moving into a new, 165,000-square-foot manufacturing and headquarters in Vernon, California.

Hy-Vee Tests Fresh Food Traceability With Zest Labs

December 26, 2017 Ecoark Holdings Inc

Zest LabsTM, a subsidiary of Ecoark Holdings, Inc. announced that it is working with Hy-Vee, Inc., the employee-owned supermarket chain that operates more than 245 retail stores across eight Midwestern states. Hy-Vee is conducting a trial of the company’s Zest FreshTM solution to help automate farm-to-fork traceability of fresh produce coming to Hy-Vee stores.

Lucky Strike Farms Announces Retirement Of Michael W. Hopkins

December 26, 2017 Lucky Strike Farms

Longtime produce veteran, Michael W. Hopkins, has announced his retirement – effective January 1, 2018. Known throughout the industry as “Hoppy,” he spent the last 25 years at Lucky Strike Farms as Retail Sales Manager.