Forced-air precoolers are essential to grower-packers around the world, in order to preserve freshness and shelf-life for fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The seaport of Sète is launching a call for proposals to identify one or more terminal operators for the concession of a reefer terminal in the South of France, able to handle both pallets and reefer containers.
Migros Zürich is selling practical veggie bags for fruits, vegetables and bread, as a trial. The bags are reusable, and help to protect the environment.
A couple of bags from R.O.P., a manufacturer of cast polypropylene film bags, promises to prolong the shelf life of avocados during various stages of the cold chain.
On July 11, Decco/ESSENTIV announced EPA registration of TruPick, the next generation in 1-MCP technology for apples, pears, and selected fruits and vegetables for postharvest freshness management.
Despite the fact that tamper proof labels are an absolute necessity in many industries, including official departments in healthcare, government and defence to everyday jobs such as confidential office work and education.
“Between now and the end of the year, we import organic ginger from Peru,” says Luis Orrantia with Tropical Specialists. “There is no doubt that the quality of organic ginger from Peru stands out from other producing countries.
The packaging industry is being revolutionised at the moment with innovative new ideas with a strong growth especially in the snacking vegetable sector.
Cattle are a natural reservoir of Shiga toxin–producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and have recently been recognized as a major source of Campylobacter jejuni contamination.
In Germany food produces more and more packaging waste. One of the reasons is that an increased amount of fresh fruit and vegetables are sold pre-packed, about 63%.
The Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture, Christian Schmidt reacted on the reform of the German Food Code Commission (Deutschen Lebensmittelbuchkommission), “It is my goal that the reality in the supermarket corresponds more with consumer expectation
The ‘Westland of Iceland’ can be found just 100 km east of Reykjavik. Most greenhouse growers are concentrated around the villages Fludir and Reykholt.
Consumer Reports is helping consumers decode the labels on their meat packages. Information on the label can tell you if the meat is organic, if the animal was raised without synthetic hormones or antibiotics, if it was grass fed, and more. Here are some
Organic foods are growing at a fast clip as consumers shop for minimally processed and pesticide-free products with understandable “clean labels” uncluttered with artificial ingredients.
