Processing

Welcome to the world of quality assurance (QA) in fresh-cut produce. Regulators mandate it, customers expect it and fresh-cut processors...

As outbreaks of bacterial contamination in produce keep popping up, public confidence is being tested — and so is the...

The Tedesco family’s roots may be in farming, but they continue to blossom as processors of fresh-cut produce and related...

It’s important for the produce industry to remain attractive to trucking. Without truckers, the produce industry would be, well, sunk....

United Fresh 2012 was a whirlwind of energy, innovation, information and connecting for the 4,500 who attended May 1-3. It was...

USDA recently awarded $40.2 million in value-added producer grants to 298 recipients in 44 states and Puerto Rico. According to USDA, the...

Sanitation is kind of like buying socks — not terribly exciting, but oh-so-necessary.And sanitation will be front and center during...

The goal: extended shelf life of fresh-cut produce. The enemy: ethylene gas produced by ripening fruit and vegetables that causes...

Alessandro Turatti shares a bittersweet story about his great-grandmother. All of her life, he said, she had one wish: to...

Virtually every type of fruit and vegetable has been processed into a value-added product in recent years, as growers and...