Sensei Farms Debuts New Packaging Across Leafy Greens and Salad Mixes

August 1, 2024 Sensei Farms

Sensei Farms is introducing new packaging across its line of leafy greens and salad mixes, marking the indoor-grown produce brand’s latest step towards a more sustainable future for our food supply. The new design offers the same functional and food safety features retailers and consumers expect from conventional plastic clamshells, but in an attractive and more eco-friendly form.

Local Bounti Expands Distribution with Sam’s Club

July 23, 2024 Local Bounti

Local Bounti Corporation announced that it has expanded distribution with its customer, Sam’s Club, for its leafy greens production with service commencing from the Company’s recently opened CEA facility in Mount Pleasant, Texas.  Local Bounti is now fulfilling shipments to six of Sam’s regional distribution centers from two of its facilities, including Byron, Georgia. 

Updates to the Safe Food for Canadians License Application and Guidance

In addition to these 2 new classifications, the SFC license application also requires food businesses to indicate if they conduct licensable activities on fresh berries, fresh leafy greens and frozen berries.

Leafy Greens Can Last Longer Thanks To The Stickers

February 13, 2024 Perishable News

The Vidre+™ technology can revolutionize the way we protect fruits and vegetables from going to waste. It uses simple stickers that go inside the packaging to shield fresh produce from the effects of ethylene gas. Ethylene is a natural plant hormone that ripens fruits and vegetables but also causes them to soften and rot.

FDA Updates Leafy Green STEC Action Plan

November 22, 2023 FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has updated its Leafy Green STEC Action Plan (LGAP). The LGAP was first released in 2020 following a number of reoccurring outbreaks linked to leafy greens that were caused by Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC).