The Castellini Co. announced its acquisition of General Produce Inc., effectively extending the Cincinnati-based perishable distribution company’s reach into the Southeastern part of the U.S.

The Peruvian Avocado Commission recently launched a combination of trade and consumer marketing programs to support the largest Peruvian avocado crop ever exported to the United States.

A federal grand jury indicted the former chief operating officer of Adams Produce Co. in connection with fraud at the bankrupt Birmingham, AL, distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Steven Craig Finberg is the seventh Adams Produce official charged in relation to a scheme to defraud the federal government of several hundred thousand dollars by creating false invoices and purchase orders in connection with government contracts.

Organizers of the International Floriculture Expo have announced plans to co-locate the 2015 and 2016 editions of one of the floral industry’s leading education programs and trade shows with the United Fresh Produce Association’s United Fresh show, starting in Chicago June 9-11, 2015. The floral and produce expos will be staged side by side, directly across from the Food Marketing Institute’s FMI Connect.

An estimated one in 10 produce companies has a plan that enables it to make strategic decisions, protect the company’s reputation and minimize its liability during a recall.

Produce recall plans vary with company size, product diversity, supply chain complexity, and even leadership style. Regardless of how long or short, detailed or general the recall plan, it should do these six things:

Start with the decision-making process

The family-owned Kingston Fresh has deep roots in agriculture, dating back to the 1970s when Dave Kingston, chief executive officer, transformed the former Hurley Produce into a budding success in the produce industry.