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Primus Group Inc. announced today the sale of its Auditing Division to Javier Sollozo, PrimusLabs’ former Director of Auditing Operations. The name of his company is JS Audit Group Inc. which will do business as Primus Auditing Operations. The sale of the Auditing Division has been in the works for over a year and was prompted by a new requirement of the Global Food Safety Initiative’s Benchmarking Committee in response to Azzule Systems’ request to re-benchmark the PrimusGFS version 2.1. The deal was reached March 1, 2015. …

The Produce Corner With Bob Corey, which spanned 23 years as a local news insert on TV stations throughout the country and various segments on the Food Network for three years, is now available on YouTube and via the Produce Corner With Bob Corey website. …

This coming October at the PMA Convention in Atlanta, we will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the launch of PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine, which was unveiled at the PMA convention in San Francisco back in 1985. We actually have kicked off this celebration by launching, coincident with Fruit Logistica, a new digital publication in the United Kingdom. You can find it at ProduceBusinessUK.com …

In June of 2014, a new industry institution was born: The London Produce Show and Conference. Presented by the FRESH PRODUCE CONSORTIUM and PRODUCE BUSINESS, the Pundit sister publication, the event was a stirring success with exhibitors from 41 countries and attendees from 46 countries. We’ve now opened registration for the 2015 event …

Grocery displays of New York state apples will be decorated with pink ribbons beginning this month, inviting apple fans in the state to enjoy local fruit and support local pediatric cancer research. …