Dole Foods

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole achieved another major milestone toward expanding its organic operations with the recent inauguration of the company's new organic banana facility in the La Guajira region of Colombia. Dubbed the "Don Pedro" farm, the $8 million growing, harvesting, packing and shipping facility will employ more than 1,000 local residents.

SALINAS, Calif. -- Federal agents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intervened over the weekend to help investigate the highly publicized E. coli outbreak linked to tainted spinach grown and packed here.

SALINAS, Calif. -- Federal agents from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention intervened over the weekend to help investigate the highly publicized E. coli outbreak linked to tainted spinach grown and packed here.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Dole Food Company, Inc. here, said Friday there is absolutely no truth to recent stories circulating on the Internet of a current recall of Dole packaged salads. In the statement, Dole said salads are safe to eat and are produced in state of the art facilities with a priority on product safety.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Dole Food Company, Inc. here, said Friday there is absolutely no truth to recent stories circulating on the Internet of a current recall of Dole packaged salads. In the statement, Dole said salads are safe to eat and are produced in state of the art facilities with a priority on product safety.

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. -- Dole Fresh Vegetables, a division of Dole Food Company, Inc. here, said Friday there is absolutely no truth to recent stories circulating on the Internet of a current recall of Dole packaged salads. In the statement, Dole said salads are safe to eat and are produced in state of the art facilities with a priority on product safety.

OLEDAD, Calif. -- Dole Food Co.'s fresh vegetable salad production facility here has become the first produce company, and only the 37th company in California, to be approved as a Cal/STAR in the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (Cal/OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (Cal/VPP).

OLEDAD, Calif. -- Dole Food Co.'s fresh vegetable salad production facility here has become the first produce company, and only the 37th company in California, to be approved as a Cal/STAR in the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (Cal/OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (Cal/VPP).