Nobody expects an emergency or disaster, especially one that affects their families, their employees and their business. Yet the simple truth is that emergencies and disasters can strike anyone, anytime, and anywhere as was the cases with the recent storm. Preparing before an emergency plays a vital role in ensuring local trade and the labor [...]

The Texas Vegetable Grower RGV Summit is just around the corner, sign up today!! Growers attend for Free!!  Registration fee for non-growers is $20 per person. Date: July 28th Time: 9am - 3pm Location: Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, 2401 Business Hwy 83 E, Weslaco, Texas 78596 Lunch: BBQ from Frankie Flav'z in Weslaco - winner of the TX 1015 [...]

Mark September 1, 2 and 3, 2021 to join AMHPAC in Los Cabos, BCS in the XIII edition of their Annual Congress. The venue will be the Hyatt Ziva Hotel and we will be sharing more details with you very soon. This was confirmed on Thursday, October 15, during the Ordinary General Assembly, which for [...]

We are excited to announce that the efforts that began with last year’s papaya safety guide continue to progress. Many growers have been trained, and we have now developed a “self-assessment” checklist that they can use, and that can evolve as a verification tool (e.g., as an addendum to a food safety audit). Use the [...]

On June 3rd, TIPA will host a webinar to present the Papaya Food Safety - Verifications & Grower/Importer Checklist that has been developed to supplement the existing guide, the "Best Practices for the Growing and Handling of Mexican Papaya." Last year, United Fresh Produce Association in collaboration with TIPA and fresh produce industry professionals debuted the “Best [...]

Mission, Texas: June 18, 2020: A select group of papaya growers successfully completed the pilot training for the Food Safety Best Practices Guide for the Growing and Handling of Mexican Papaya on June 17, 2020. FoodSafety CTS developed the online training material along with the support and review by the Texas International Produce Association (TIPA) [...]

Mission, Texas: May 18, 2020: Within days of the release of the Food Safety Best Practices Guide for the Growing and Handling of Mexican Papaya document in April 2020, Mexican papaya growers, packers and importers were requesting and downloading the document from the Texas International Produce Association’s (TIPA) and the United Fresh Produce Association (UFPA) [...]