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CPMA creates task force to address CFIA romaine import rules

As of October 7, 2020, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) requires importers to either provide proof that romaine lettuce...

4 years ago 4 minute read

CPMA requests delay of new CFIA romaine protocol

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association BB #:153602 sent the following letter to Canadian Minister of Health Patty Hajdu on September 30,...

5 years ago 3 minute read

PTI sees improvements to traceability guidance

EWING, NJ (June 25, 2020) – The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI), consisting of CPMA BB #:153602, GS1 US, PMA BB...

5 years ago 7 minute read

Produce may be perfectly positioned after United Fresh Live

The produce industry’s first virtual trade show closed June 19 with a spirit of optimism and cooperation. United Fresh Live’s...

5 years ago 2 minute read

See the 2020 CPMA New Product Showcase winners

May 13, 2020 (Ottawa, ON) – This year, due to the ongoing global pandemic, the CPMA New Product Showcase, which...

5 years ago 3 minute read

Canada requires all visitors to wear masks

A new Canadian law requires all travelers entering Canada, including truck drivers, to wear a non-medical mask or face covering....

5 years ago 1 minute read

CPMA convention cancelled

March 20, 2020 (Ottawa, ON) – In light of the rapid escalation of safety precautions to decrease the transmission of...

5 years ago 5 minute read

PMA advises suppliers to stop using generic UPCs

The Produce Marketing Association BB #:153708 recommends fresh produce shippers phase out generic UPCs and switch to the GS1 DataBar,...

5 years ago 2 minute read

CPMA launches online waste efficiency tool

January 15, 2020 (Ottawa, ON) – The Canadian Produce Marketing Association BB #:153602 has officially launched the CPMA Waste Efficiency...

5 years ago 2 minute read

Canadian Produce Marketing Association and VCM International Release Plastic Packaging Technical Report and Roadmap

December 5, 2019 (Ottawa, ON) – The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is pleased to announce the release of a...

5 years ago 2 minute read

CPMA podcast digs into produce and plastic

If you haven’t caught the CPMA Produce Talks podcast lately, you missed a great one talking about plastic. As you...

5 years ago 2 minute read

CPMA and PMA announce plan to end issuing of generic UPCs

PRESS RELEASE: As of December 31st, 2019, Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and Produce Marketing Association BB #:153708 will no...

5 years ago 5 minute read

Canadan industry, Star Produce remembers Leo Baribeau

PRESS RELEASE We lost a great friend and partner. Leo Baribeau passed away September 24th at the age of 73....

5 years ago 1 minute read

CPMA packaging innovations favor sustainability

MONTRÉAL—I walked the show floor at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention in early April looking for a few specific...

6 years ago 2 minute read

DelFresco Pure goes vertical with CubicFarm

MONTRÉAL—Vertical farms are all over the news as players want to cash in on consumer demand for local fresh produce,...

6 years ago 3 minute read

CPMA Product Awards recognize repeat winners

MONTREAL–If the Freggie Approved Award winner at CPMA 2019 seems familiar, it should. Kingsville, Ontario-based Mucci Farms’ CuteCumber Poppers won...

6 years ago 1 minute read

CPMA presents 2019 awards

MONTREAL—Bernadette Hamel had an idea something was up when the Canadian Produce Marketing Association asked her to come to the...

6 years ago 1 minute read

Week in Review April 5, 2019

This week’s Week in Review sees Retail Editor Pamela Riemenschneider reporting from the annual Canadian Produce Marketing Association convention in...

6 years ago 1 minute read

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