CFIA: Various Fresh-Cut Vegetable Products Recalled

Industry is recalling various fresh-cut vegetable products from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume and distributors, retailers and food service establishments such as hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes should not sell or use the recalled products described.

Wonderful Seedless Lemons – a Naturally Seedless Variety of Lemon – Launches Nationwide

November 4, 2019 The Wonderful Company

Wonderful Seedless Lemons will be available in limited supply in year one, launching seasonally this November through May 2020, and are packaged in one- and two-pound bags.

Newest Variety of Watercress Makes its U.S. Debut

The Watercress Company, based in Dorchester, Dorset UK, and Solata Foods, based in Newburgh, NY, are teaming up to launch an aggressive campaign promoting this healthful superfood.

ALDI Scraps More Single-Use Plastic With Reusable Bags For Loose Fruit and Veg

November 4, 2019 Aldi

From the end of November, more than 250 stores in Scotland, the North of England and the Midlands will offer the bags as a more sustainable alternative to single-use plastic.

Y-Pulse Leader to Address FreshStart Conference

Sharon Olson, Co-founder and Executive Director of Y-Pulse®, a food-focused youth marketing research firm dedicated to young consumer eating habits and trends, will present during the 2020 FreshStart Conference’s education workshops taking place Wednesday, January 15.