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FPAA Responds to Senator Rubio’s Letter

2021-10-18T22:22:53+00:00October 18th, 2021|Categories: Blog|

Sen. Marco Rubio may be looking after his fruit and vegetable grower constituents, but once again he is short on facts. Sen. Marco Rubio and some members of the Florida Congressional delegation continue to parrot the same inflammatory rhetoric as their constituents, but they should take a good look in the mirror if they are blaming [...]

FPAA Comments on University of Florida Tomato Study

2021-10-14T21:34:43+00:00October 14th, 2021|Categories: Blog|

FPAA President, Lance Jungmeyer, commented to The Packer about the University of Florida study that makes misleading claims about tomato imports from Mexico. Below you will find the FPAA’s full written response: The assertions made about Mexican tomatoes in a study by Dr. Zhengfei Guan have been taken out of context, resulting in conclusions that are misleading and [...]

U.S. Department of Commerce – Box Weight Chart Update.SEPT 2021

2021-09-10T19:36:41+00:00September 10th, 2021|Categories: News|

Last week, the U.S. Department Commerce authorized new approved types of containers and box weights for tomatoes that modify the previous Tomato Box Weight Chart. Please see the attached New box weight chart with these changes. The updated chart includes a new presentation for TOV round tomato in Clamshell 6X2.4 Lb. (NT-RR-018), and modifies 2 of [...]