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World Foods, LLC, Florida initiates voluntary recall of cut fruit and salsa products that contain Daniella Mangoes




08/31/2012 01:29 PM EDT



World Foods, LLC is initiating a voluntary, precautionary recall on various products it distributes to retail supermarkets that contain mangoes associated with the Splendid Products recall of Daniella Brand Mangoes with the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.







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Marketers expect mango volumes similar to last year





08/31/2012 10:57:31 AM
Tom Burfield





The Orlando, Fla.-based National Mango Board expects overall U.S. mango imports this fall to be similar to last year’s, said Megan McKenna, director of marketing.



Fall mangoes are produced primarily in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru. Major varieties are tommy atkins, keitt and some ataulfo.





“It is still too early to forecast the Ecuadorian crop with confidence,” McKenna said in mid-August.





“Weather is certainly impacting mangoes, as they have seen higher temperatures than normal during the past weeks, and this adds a level of uncertainty to the flowering stage.”





As a result, there could be a delay in the start of the season, with shipments from October to mid-January.







“At this point, Peru looks like it will be a long season — late November to late March — with normal volume,” she said.





Volume from Brazil should be about 6 million boxes, which is typical, said Clark Golden, partner in Amazon Produce Network, Mull…

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Saying, "I'll think about it" will kill decisions every time
"The qualities that make a good manager is decisiveness."
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With our food industry growing in many different directions these days, it has changed the speed in which we make decisions. The global produce environment has created new companies and business opportunities that are opening up all over the world. There is no room for procrastination in any company seeking to open up trade relations in this market. Hesitating on rapid decision-making will not be acceptable.



Working with so many different companies in the produce industry, I often discover the decision-making process to be in a state of self-defeating practice. It's absolutely astounding how some management people dance around subjects on a daily basis that only require simple decisions in order to move on to the next level of business.




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Mexican mango sector attacks ‘unfounded rumors’









August 31st, 2012



Mexican mango exporters have expressed concern over ‘unfounded rumours’ linking Mexico-sourced products with the ongoing salmonella outbreak in the U.S. and Canada, although they say it is too soon to estimate how recent events have affected the sector.








The country’s top mango associations have promised to work with the U.S. and Mexican food safety authorities and, should the origin of the current deadly strain of the bacteria be proven to be within the country, have pledged to take appropriate action.




The comments come after 105 people in the U.S. and 80 in Canada were reported to have been affected by salmonella poisoning, which the authorities have linked to Daniella-branded mangoes, originating from northern Mexico.




Mango exporters’ association EMEX president Jorge Armando Celis Moreno, told www.freshfruitportal.com that although the outbreak had been linked with northern Sinaloa state, there was as yet no demonstrable e…