26 agosto, 2019

Interview: Carlos Celaya Chaín – Earth X

1. Could you share with us a bit of your professional experience? In the middle of my career, I started working in a renowned marketing agency […]
23 agosto, 2019

Mexico Enters the Top 10 Ranking of Agri-food Exporters

For the first time, our country is featured on the list of the largest global sellers of agricultural and agro-industrial commodities, moving Argentina, beer, avocado, tomato, […]
22 agosto, 2019

Fruit and Vegetable Industry Groups Push for Modified Transport Rules

Twenty-four organizations representing growers, shippers, and other entities throughout the produce marketing supply chain petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 15, 2019, to modify the […]
22 agosto, 2019

Genetic Sequencing Sheds Light on Overlooked Pathogen

Illness from the bacteria Bacillus cereus can mimic the stomach flu, which is why it may not get as much research attention as pathogens such as Listeria and Salmonella, which are […]
22 agosto, 2019

GlobalG.A.P. Harmonized Produce Safety Standards (HPSS) updated

The GLOBALG.A.P. Harmonized Produce Safety Standard (HPSS) is a robust food safety standard that includes verbatim the Produce GAP Harmonization Initiative’s Harmonized Standards. Facilitated by the […]
22 agosto, 2019

A plastic substitute is created from vegetable waste

Feltwood, an Aragonese company, has developed an innovative industrial and ecological material manufactured from agriculture vegetable waste, which offers an ecological alternative to plastic, and an […]
21 agosto, 2019

Department of Commerce Announces Suspension of Mexican Anti-Dumping Investigation

U.S. & MEXICO – Earlier yesterday, just minutes before midnight, the group of organizations representing the Mexican tomato industry reached an agreement with the U.S. Department […]
20 agosto, 2019

PMA and United Fresh joint comment on LGMA revisions to ag-water standards

The United Fresh Produce Association and Produce Marketing Association have commended the collective efforts of the California-based leafy greens industry to bring the months-long effort of […]
16 agosto, 2019

Suppressing Pathogens on Farms, Naturally

It may seem contradictory, but dung beetles and soil bacteria may be better natural suppressants of harmful human pathogens than removing hedgerows, ponds, and other habitats […]
16 agosto, 2019

FDA issues first warning letter under the Foreign Supplier Verification Programs

“Every year, there is an increase in imported foods to meet the demands of consumers across the U.S., making our oversight role even more significant in […]
15 agosto, 2019

Food-safety inspectors begin visits to produce farms and packing houses

They’re coming. Not that there haven’t been plenty of warnings, not the least in the form of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act that calls for […]
14 agosto, 2019

Creating a Sustainable Food Future

With the world’s population expected to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, a major new report shows the global food system must undergo urgent change to […]