AgSafe, Modesto, Calif., has promoted Theresa Kiehn to acting president and CEO.

Western Growers has launched an interactive website that allows the public to participate in discussions relating to leafy greens food safety and the industry to follow the process to strengthen those guidelines.

The Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period for establishing a laboratory accreditation program for testing food.

The Food and Drug Administration is asking importers to send records required by the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Foreign Supplier Verification Programs electronically.

The Food and Drug Administration’s Frank Yiannas has a message for consumers: food is available and it is safe.

Atlanta-based Aptar Food + Beverage is launching InvisiShield packaging technology, which kills pathogens and extends shelf life.

The Produce Marketing Association, citing misinformation about produce and the industry in the COVID-19 crisis, is launching a campaign to connect directly with consumers to assure them produce is available and safe.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is extending audit certifications that expire on or before May 31 by 60 days.

Registrar Corp., Hampton, Va., has acquired Vinca LLC, which provides online training for food safety management systems.

While world headlines are fixed on the coronavirus COVID-19, the banana industry is concerned, as well, about stopping the spread of Fusarium Wilt tropical race 4 — commonly called TR4 or Panama disease.