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The International Fresh Produce Association shared its initial reaction to the newly published rule on the Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods (Food Traceability Final Rule), which was released Nov. 15 and sets additional traceability recordkeeping requirements for companies that manufacture, process, pack or hold foods included on the Food Traceability List, which includes fresh produce commodities.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA. The following businesses and i...

Avocados continue to grow in popularity and are purchased year-round in the United States. However, new data suggest seasonal influences impact retail sales of avocados, driven by supply chain dynamics and shopper purchase behaviors. These influences have steered the category into an evolution of seasonality over the past four years.

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development named the Michigan Apple Committee as a recipient of two grants from the 2022 USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. In total, MAC will receive $200,000 dedicated to marketing efforts focused on consumer and retail audiences.

Baldor Specialty Foods partnered with Farm to People in order to provide home chefs with better access to Baldor’s exceptional selection of products — just in time for the holidays.

The National Watermelon Promotion Board sponsored the 47th Marine Corps Marathon on Oct. 30 in Washington, DC, drawing more than 11,000 marathoners, nearly 5,000 10k runners and 982 Ultramarathoner finishers. It was the eighth year the NWPB sponsored the event, and its Team Watermelon was on hand and gave out an estimated 28,000 samples of watermelon to runners, friends, family and supporters from all 50 states and more than 50 countries.

Sprouts Farmers Market is now available on the DoorDash marketplace in select cities for on-demand grocery delivery. Customers will be able to order thousands of fresh, natural and organic products from Sprouts by simply visiting the DoorDash mobile app or website, where they can choose to have their groceries delivered on-demand or schedule a delivery for later in the day or week. Sprouts will roll out on-demand delivery through the DoorDash marketplace to cities in phases this month, beginning...

Potandon Produce, the largest marketer of healthy, fresh table stock potatoes in the nation, and leading marketer of fresh onions, has announced that Dave Allen will join the russets and onions sales team as senior director of sales.

Last Thursday Tanimura & Antle celebrated 40 years since its two founding families — who migrated to the Salinas Valley chasing the California dream — shook hands and established a company that would impact the fresh produce and agriculture industry forever.

Food Lion Feeds has surpassed $1 million in support to No Kid Hungry, a national campaign committed to ending childhood hunger. One in eight children, or 9 million children, in the United States lives with hunger. Since partnering with No Kid Hungry in 2019, Food Lion Feeds has donated funding that can help provide 10 million meals to kids. This funding has supported grants to 55 school districts and community organizations that are working to feed kids through school meals, summer meal sites an...