JBT launches FLEX-ID: a Labeling System that Improves Traceability and Saves Time

January 29, 2019 JBT Corporation

JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT), has announced the launch of the FLEX-ID Labeling System, a high-speed, innovative solution for fruit and vegetable packers that boosts efficiency while at the same time enhancing traceability.

Jac. Vandenberg Recalls Fresh Peaches, Fresh Nectarines and Fresh Plums

January 29, 2019 FDA

The Fresh Peaches, Fresh Nectarines and Fresh Plums were distributed in Alabama, California, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia through small retail establishments and the following select retail stores.

Could CA Produce Soon Cost You More? Farms Face Labor Shortages, Immigration Woes

“There’s nothing better than a hand-picked crop,” says Jeff Percy, vice president of southern production for Castroville-based Ocean Mist, the country’s largest grower of fresh artichokes.

“But there’s the minimum wage, the cost,” he says. “The bottom line is, we have to compete.”

UCLA Researchers and Partners Work With Sushi Restaurants to Reduce Seafood Fraud

January 28, 2019 Stuart Wolpert, UCLA

A new monitoring project involving UCLA researchers and partners aims to take “fake sushi” off Los Angeles diners’ plates. The Los Angeles Seafood Monitoring Project team — which includes university researchers, students, sushi restaurants and government regulators — is working to reduce sushi fraud and the mislabeling of fish.

Quinault Pride Seafood Buys Into Pacific Harvest Seafood

January 28, 2019 KXRO News |

Quinault Pride Seafood, the tribal seafood processor based in Taholah, announced that it has acquired an ownership stake in Pacific Harvest Seafood. Pacific Harvest is based in the Seattle area and is a seafood marketing firm “specializing in domestic and global sales” of wild salmon and other seafood from the Pacific Northwest.