Supply Chain

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said Friday that it had traced the widespread outbreak of E. coli that probably sickened more than 180, led to one confirmed death, and whisked spinach from shelves across the nation, back to a single processor of fresh spinach-- Natural Selection Foods LLC of San Juan Bautista, California.

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition said Friday that it had traced the widespread outbreak of E. coli that probably sickened more than 180, led to one confirmed death, and whisked spinach from shelves across the nation, back to a single processor of fresh spinach-- Natural Selection Foods LLC of San Juan Bautista, California.

Believe it: The produce industry's got a transportation problem. Pretending that it's someone else's headache won't fix it.

Believe it: The produce industry's got a transportation problem. Pretending that it's someone else's headache won't fix it.

Believe it: The produce industry's got a transportation problem. Pretending that it's someone else's headache won't fix it.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- Kirk Teske has been named v.p. of Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.'s fresh-cut division here. Teske was formerly director of fresh-cut sales, Central Region, N.A., and former general manager of the Kankakee, Ill. facility.

TORONTO -- Loblaw Cos., Ltd. said yesterday that its e.v.p., supply chain, Peter McMahon, would leave the company at the end of the year for family reasons. McMahon will relocate to his native United Kingdom, where he¿ll take a similar position with a British retailer, Loblaw said.

MILWAUKEE -- The Roundy's Foundation here is spearheading a tour to deliver 294,000 pounds of food, valued at $260,910, to food pantries throughout Wisconsin and Minnesota via its Pick 'n Save, Copps, and Rainbow banners.