Salinas, CA, is once again in the hot seat.

Canadian and U.S. officials are investigating an E. coli outbreak that has sickened 30 people, nine of whom were hospitalized, in southeastern Ontario.

TUXPAN, JALISCO, MEXICO -- The acquisition of the exclusive rights to several University of Florida-developed blueberry varieties that require few to no chill hours to thrive has enabled SunnyRidge Farm Inc. to develop a Mexican blueberry program that it debuted Nov. 21, here.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that Florida avocado producers voted to continue their federal marketing order program.

The referendum was held from Sept. 22 through Oct. 6. In order to be eligible to vote, a producer must have produced avocados within the production area during the representative period of April 1, 2007, through March 31, 2008.

Southern Specialties Inc., headquartered in Pompano Beach, FL, has added Florida-grown grape and teardrop tomatoes to its "Southern Selects" specialty tomato lineup.

The new additions include "Southern Selects" conventional red grape tomatoes as well as "Southern Selects" organic red grape tomatoes and yellow grape tomatoes. The company will also introduce "Southern Selects" organic red and yellow teardrop tomatoes, which are available in a conventional style as well.

ROTTERDAM, NY - Railex LLC has a ticket for The History Channel's new show "Extreme Trains."

Paul Esposito, senior vice president of sales and logistics for Railex, told The Produce News that the firm, a division of Riverhead, NY-based ADS Management LLC, would be featured on an upcoming episode of the show.

HARTFORD, CT -- Harvest New England has announced that its 2009 Agricultural Marketing & Trade Show will be held Feb. 24-26 at the Sturbridge Host Hotel in Sturbridge, MA.