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Industry Association Sites
Almond
Board of California
1104 12th Street
Modesto, CA 95354
Tel: (209) 549-8262
Fax: (209) 549-8267
American Food
Safety Institute (AFSI)
Hulmeville,
PA
Tel:
(800) 723-3873
Food safety certification program
California Apple Commission
4974 E. Clinton Way, Ste. 125
Fresno, CA 93727
Tel: (209) 456-0900
Fax: (209)456-0125
California Avocado Commission
1251 E. Dyer Rd., Suite 200
Santa Ana, CA 92705
Tel: (714) 558-6761
California Cherry Advisory Board
P.O. Box 877
Lodi, CA 95241
Tel: (209) 368-0685
Fax: (209) 368-4309
California Cling Peach Grower Marketing Order
531-D North Alta Ave.
Dinuba, CA 93618
Tel: (209) 595-1425
Fax: (209) 591-5744
California Date
Administrative Committee/California Date Commission
P.O. Box 1736
Indio, CA 92202
Tel: 760-347-4510
Fax: 760-347-6374
California
Fig Advisory Board
P.O.
Box 709
3425
N. First St., #109
Fresno,
CA 93726
Tel:
(209)224-3447
Fax:
(209) 224-3449
California
Kiwifruit Commission
9845 Horn Road, Suite 160
Sacramento, CA 95827
Tel: (916) 362-7490
Fax: (916) 362-7993
California Olive
Committee
1903 North Fine #102
Fresno, CA 93727
Tel: (209) 456-9096
Fax (209) 456-9099
California Pear Advisory Board
1521 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 441-0432
Fax: (916) 446-1063
California Pistachio Commission/California Pistachio Board
1318 E Shaw Ave, Suite 420
Fresno, CA 93710
Tel: (209) 221-8294
Fax: (209) 221-8044
California Prune Board
5990 Stoneridge Dr., Suite 101
P.O. Box 10157
Pleasanton, CA 94588-0157
Tel: (510) 734-0150
Fax: (510) 734-0525
California
Strawberry Commission
P.O. Box 269
41 Hangar Way
Watsonville, CA 95077/95076
Tel: (831) 724-1301
Fax: (831) 724-5973
California Table
Grape Commission
P.O. Box 27320
392 West Fallbrook Avenue, Suite 101
Fresno, CA 93729-7320
Tel: (559) 447-8350
Fax: (559) 447-9184
California Tomato
Commission
1625 East Shaw, Suite 122
Fresno, CA 93710
Tel: (559) 230-0116
Fax: (559) 230-0635
California Tree
Fruit Agreement
975 I Street
PO Box 968
Reedley, CA, 93654
Tel: (559) 638-8260
Fax: (559) 638-8842
California Walnut Commission
1540 River Park Drive, Suite 203
Sacramento, CA 95815
Tel: (916) 646-3807
Fax: (916) 923-2548
Canadian Pallet
Council
239
Division Street
Cobourg,
Ontario K9A 3P9
Tel:
(905) 372-1871
Fax:
(905) 373-0230
An organization of over 1300 members which manages a low cost, highly efficient, ECR friendly means of pallet ownership and interchange for the North American consumer products industry. The CPC has over eight million distinctive orange pallets in circulation.
Citrus Research Board
323 West Oak Street
Visalia, CA 93291
Tel: (209) 738-0246
Fax: (209) 738-0607
Corrugated
Packaging Council
2850
Golf Road
Rolling
Meadows, IL 60008
Tel:
(847) 364-9600
Fax:
(847) 364-9639
A nonprofit trade
organization that develops and coordinates programs to promote the performance
and environmental benefits of corrugated packaging.
Fibre Box
Association
2850
Golf Road
Rolling
Meadows, IL 60008
Tel:
(847) 364-9600
Fax:
(847) 364-9639
Publishes “Fibre Box Handbook,” an illustrated reference for designers, engineers, buyers, and marketing specialists.
Florida Fruit
& Vegetable Association (FFVA)
P.O.
Box 140155
Orlando,
FL 33883
Tel:
(407) 894-1351
Fax:
(407) 894-7840
Florida Strawberry
Growers Association
1305
W. Dr. M.L. King Jr. Drive
P.O.
Drawer 2550
Plant
City, FL 33564
Tel:
(813) 752-6822
Fax:
(813) 752-2167
http://www.straw-berry.org/index.html
Florida Tomato
Committee
P.O.
Box 140635
Orlando,
FL 32814-0635
Tel:
(407) 894-3071
Fax:
(407) 898-4296
A federal marketing order
for tomato growers in Florida.
Florida Watermelon
Association
2000
Johnson Road
Immokalee,
FL 34142
Tel:
(941) 658-1442
Fax:
(941) 658-1448
Fresh Florida watermelon
recipes, nutrition and handling information and watermelon stickers.
Food Marketing
Institute
800
Connecticut Avenue, NW
Washington,
DC 20006-2701
Tel:
(202) 452-8444
Fax:
(202) 429-8272
Global
Agribusiness Information Network
International
Association of Food Industry Suppliers
International
Association of Refrigerated Warehouses
International
Consultative Group on Food Irradiation
International Food
Information Council
Background and current
issues on broad topic areas important to food safety and nutrition including
pesticides, biotechnology, food irradiation, labelling issues, international
food safety issues, food allergy, and food-borne illness. Current and archival issues of ‘Food Insight
Reports’.
International Food
Safety Council
Sewell,
NJ
International
Fresh-Cut Produce Association
1600
Duke St., Suite 440
Alexandria,
VA 22314
Tel:
(800) 452-6552
(703)
299-6282
Fax:
(703) 299-6288
Services the fresh-cut
produce industry with representation, education, technical support, networking
opportunities, information and resources. Members consist of producers,
suppliers and distributors of fresh-cut produce, as well as those affiliated
with the fresh-cut industry, including manufacturers and suppliers.
Leafy Greens
Council
33
Pheasant Lane
St.
Paul, MN 55127
Tel:
(612) 484-3321
Fax:
(612) 484-1098
National
Watermelon Promotion Board
P.O.
Box 140065
Orlando,
FL 32814-0065
Tel:
(407) 895-5100
Fax:
(407) 895-5022
Retail and foodservice
promotions
National Food
Safety Database
Current information from the
section ‘Critical Issues in Food Safety’. Updates on the National Food Safety
Initiative, current produce outbreaks, and HACCP programs.
National Wooden
Pallet & Container Assn.
Alexandria, VA 22314-3501
Tel: (703) 519-6104
http://www.nwpca.com/
Package Research
Laboratory
41
Pine Street
Rockaway,
NJ 07850
Tel: (703) 519-6104
Fax: (703) 519-4720
Wirebound shipping
containers for fresh fruits and vegetables.
Produce Marketing
Association
1500
Casho Mill Road
P.O.
Box 6036
Newark,
DE 19714-6036
Tel:
(302) 738-7100
Fax:
(302) 731-2409
Information retrieval
services, training programs, networking, business solutions. For sale
publications on handling and marketing of produce and horticultural
commodities.
Tropical Fruit
Growers of Florida
25399
SW 157th Ave.
Homestead,
FL 33031
Tel:
(305) 245-2146
Fax:
(305) 245-0240
Tropical fruit from Florida.
United Fresh Fruit
& Vegetable Association (UFFVA)
727
N. Washington Street
Alexandria,
VA 22314
Tel:
(703) 836-3410
Fax:
(703) 836-7745
US Apple Association
6707 Old Dominion Drive, Suite 320
McLean, Virginia 22101-4556
P.O. Box 1137
McLean, Virginia 22101-1137
Tel: (703) 442-8850
Fax: (703) 790-0845
Represents the U.S. apple
industry on national issues; works to increase the demand for apples and apple
products; and provides information on matters pertaining to the U.S. apple
industry including production and storage statistics.
Western Growers
Association
17620
Fitch Street
Irvine,
CA 92614
Tel:
(949) 863-1000
Fax:
(949) 863-9028
Western Growers Association was founded in 1926 to
provide growers of fresh produce in California and Arizona with support
programs that could not be generated by any single grower alone. Speaking
through the single voice of WGA, growers reap substantial legislative and trade
benefits.