Continental Fresh Sets Precedent for Labeling Imported Cucumbers and Squash
Continental Fresh LLC--an importer of offshore produce based in Coconut Grove, Fla.--has announced that it has fully implemented a case-level labeling and traceability system. The company will also apply Produce Traceability Initiative-compliant labels on each of its offshore cucumber and winter squash cases – something that no one else in the industry is doing.
Continental Fresh LLC’s commitment to traceability and food safety is reconfirmed with the recent outbreak of Salmonella on cucumbers from Mexico, as well as the announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of regulations on produce safety, foreign supplier and third-party audits that make up the Food Safety Modernization Act.