In late May, Parker Farms was putting the finishing touches on a new packaging facility that will allow it to offer its retail customers an overwrap, value-added option on sweet corn and its other vegetables.

The FDA Final Rule on FSMA Section 204 published in November 2022 adds the requirement to capture and record Critical Tracking Events or CTE’s, which the FDA defines as an event in the food supply chain involving the harvesting, pre-packing cooling and initial packing of a Raw Agricultural Commodity “not obtained from a fishing vessel, shipping, receiving, or transformation of the food.”

For the past few years, the Southeast Produce Council has been the Title Sponsor of Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta’s Strong4Life Superhero Sprint.

Hy-Vee Inc. will host its Best of Local Brands Summit in August to expand and enhance the product offerings at its more than 285 retail stores in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Since the Best of Local Brands summits began in early 2021, more than 125 new brands have been selected and are available to Hy-Vee customers.

The summit will consist of 15- to 30-minute virtual presentations from selected suppliers and will take place Wednesday, Aug. 2.

Blueberries are a key item at Frank Donio Inc., backed by nine decades of family-owned experience.

“Being headquartered in Hammonton, NJ, blueberries have been a focal point of our company for 90 years,” said Alec Arena, sales specialist for Frank Donio Inc. “We handle conventional, organic and frozen blueberries.”

Bako Sweet launched a new website — bakosweet.com — that provides an enhanced user experience for shoppers. Serving as a valuable resource, the website is designed to inspire curiosity about sweet potatoes from California’s Sweet Spot.