A pick of packing house highlights
Packing house highlights: Kershaw innovates old-school style, Washington Fruit stacks with robots and Columbia Fruit finds new vision with improved tunnel.
Peracetic acid shines in sanitizer study
WSU researcher tinkers with sanitizers and best ways to use them.
Ozone filling a void for fruit packers
Organic storage and food safety needs drive renewed interest in ozone technology.
Good to Know: Wash and learn
Faith Critzer It’s a fact of life: If you’re storing, holding or packing produce, you have a program
Dininny: A+ effort on next apple defect guide
One of the title slides used to catalog thousands of files of damaged, diseased and, in this case, moldy apples
Food recall risks are rising
Food industry consultant offers tips for preparing for an FDA inspection and preventing a recall.
WSTFA18: Postharvest problems
The final day two panel covering harvest management shares a laugh at the conclusion of their talk during the
DeVaney: Reflections on 2018 …
WSTFA President Jon DeVaney reflects on 2018 and looks ahead to the next year
Annual apple residue report now available
Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission residue study aims to help growers with their spray programs
Good to Know: Biocontrol for bunch rot
Native yeasts have potential to inhibit fungal disease in Washington vineyards.