An E. coli outbreak has sickened at least 37 people across four states. While the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention said a specific food has yet to be confirmed as the source of this outbreak, many sick people reported eating sandwiches with Romaine lettuce at Wendy’s restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania before getting sick.

In addition to the aforementioned states, one person in Indiana reported the illness. Based on this information, Wendy’s said it is pulling lettuce from its sandwiches.

The Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association held its 2022 Development Experience on July 27–29 in Minneapolis, Minn. formerly known as Management Institute. DevX is a unique, hands-on opportunity for WF&FSA members to experience education in a whole new way.

Participants learned practical skills to help them tackle timely business problems while engaging in exceptional networking opportunities and interacting with industry peers.

A new trend is evident, particularly with natural products such as fruit and vegetables: Packaging and labeling has to be very sustainable nowadays — and also secure. Rethinking is the new creed. In addition to its groundbreaking concept of full wrap, MULTIVAC Marking & Inspection now offers two more high-quality and sustainable labeling solutions for fresh produce trays: Top Wrap and Top Close.

Over the last several months, Delta Fresh Sales, based in Nogales, AZ, has made multiple strategic moves to position itself for a new era of growth. Additions to product volumes, commodity mix and producing areas are all slated for this coming season and for year-round production on all its major commodities.

The U.S. Apple Association has named Brenda Briggs of Rice Fruit Co. chair of its board of directors for the 2022-23 term. She has served on USApple’s board since 2018, most recently as vice chair.

Agrokasa, Peru’s second largest grower/shipper/exporters of avocados, has completed a three year water project that turned sand dunes into productive crop land and is providing irrigation water for the Ica, Peru region.

The company recently released a video that outlined the project and its benefits for the region. This initiative was launched in 2019 after the company won the bid to turn wastewater from the city of Ica into water suitable for irrigation.