Month: September 2012

California Giant Berry Farms is pleased to add Serjio Sanchez to their sales team as an analyst.  Serjio has been in the produce industry for most of his adult life and spent nineteen years at Watsonville Coast Produce before joining California Giant. …

Denise Takakjian joins the sales staff to replace Bixby Ramsey who is moving to field operations. The second new employee, Brian Bengard, is the regional sales manager for the company's foodservice division in the western United States. Bengard joins Mann from Nunhems, a division of Bayer CropScience, in Paso Robles, Calif. …

The Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Program (PAMP) is always looking for new and interesting ways to educate both consumers and the culinary community about Pennsylvania apples. So when the opportunity presented itself to work with a local community college on a culinary contest for its students, PAMP knew they had a program they could grow. …

The surprise decision by the Department of Commerce to publish preliminary notice of intent to terminate the tomato suspension agreement is hasty, unwarranted and possibly motivated by political interests within the Obama Administration, according to the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. …

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Champ's Mushrooms are warning the public not to consume the Champ's Mushrooms Sliced Crimini Mushrooms described below because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. …