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Lotpath, a leading provider of software apps to the fresh produce industry today announced the availability of a Developer API for Lotpath Quality, the industry leading fresh produce inspection software app. Lotpath Quality has a built-in customizable dashboard for viewing inspection data, inspection photos, and graphs of numeric quality data. The dashboard lets users share inspection data and photos with trading partners via email. …

Taylor Farms Pacific, Inc. of Tracy, CA has been notified that specific lots of “Expo Fresh” Roma tomatoes supplied to Taylor Farms Pacific may be contaminated with Salmonella as a result of routine testing. No illnesses have been reported. …

Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Company is certified as a women’s business enterprise by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as of August 22, 2014. The WBENC is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the U.S., as well as the nation’s leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America’s corporations. …

The produce industry’s young professionals will have a rare chance to learn about the single most-important business behavior they need to excel when the industry’s foremost strategy expert Julie Krivanek addresses them during a free webinar on Sept. 23. …

Birko, a leader in providing food safety solutions to the produce industry, has partnered with Borton Fruit to provide solutions for their fresh produce operations. Borton Fruit, Yakima, Wash., is a premium grower, packer and shipper of apples, pears and cherries. …