Produce

As part of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas’ (FPAA) annual Produce Convention, event organizers are excited to announce a bonus luncheon and learning event for FPAA member and Convention attendees on Thursday, October 30.  Starting at 12:00 pm at the Tubac Golf Resort, the FPAA will hold a panel on “Moving Social Responsibility Forward – Lessons from Mexico” …

Tastee Apple, Inc., the 40-year old candy, caramel and chocolate apple company at www.tasteeapple.com, announced that their new, Cookies ‘n Cream and Graham ‘n Cream Fantasy Gourmet Chocolate Apples will be available in stores for a limited time starting November 2014. …

Blueberries from Chile, Peru and Brazil may soon be heading toward U.S. tables via Savannah, Georgia, opening another shipping market in the city’s emergence as a major trade hub. …

Chetak New York L.L.C. of Edison, NJ is recalling its 5560 packages of 7oz., 3840 packages of 14oz., & 1920 packages of 28oz. "DEEP RAW CASHEW PIECES" because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. …

Rainier Fruit Company’s sister warehouse, Matson Fruit Company, completed construction of a new storage and shipping facility just in time for the start of this year’s 2014 crop. The facility was designed utilizing the latest Automated Storage Retrieval System (ASRS) technology.  Automated pallet cranes place fruit pallets away into one of the 4,060 positions of the cold storage rack configuration where it will then be available to retrieve automatically by a Warehouse Management System (WMS), or when specifically directed by a user. …