#ready pac

[design-law]

Does this salad packaging infringe this design patent? That’s one of the claims in this recently-filed complaint.

[design-law]

Does this salad packaging infringe this design patent? That’s one of the claims in this recently-filed complaint.

Interesting issue (that the court need not reach because the shapes are sufficiently distinct): Do the shading lines indicate an opaque salad bowl? The accused infringer says it does but that’s....contestable.

[chapmanadmission]

Ready Pac Foods welcomed Chapman University graduate students to their facilities last month. The educational group participated in an insightful tour of Ready Pac’s Irwindale, Calif., processing plant, followed by an educational session titled “Produce 101,” which highlighted the inter-workings of Ready Pac’s detailed sourcing and processing techniques.

As one of California’s most prominent Food Science University programs, Chapman University has maintained a decades-long partnership with Ready Pac Foods, helping to cultivate the educational experience of students with examples of practical applications related to their studies.

Dr. Anuradha Prakash, professor and program director of food science at the university, initiated last month’s tour to help further his students’ understanding of the Produce Business. With a focus on Fresh-Cut processing, Ready Pac’s interactive tour played a key role in the Food Processing curriculum, an integral course within Chapman’s Food Science Program.

Breaking the students into three groups, representatives from Ready Pac conducted personalized tours and issued certificates of program completion to student participants before their departure from the facilities. “You can imagine how valuable such tours are for students,” Dr. Prakash explained after the tour. “They are so fortunate to hear from a company like Ready Pac which is renowned in the industry.”

Ready Pac enthusiastically welcomes opportunities to engage students through programs like the one at Chapman University. With these invaluable relationships, Ready Pac endeavors to excite students about the innovation occurring within the Fresh-Cut Produce business, and encourage the pursuit of career opportunities within Ready Pac and the rapidly growing produce industry as a whole.

[breakinghistory-blog]

Toss the Salad (Out)

Ready Pac recalled more than 5,000 bags of lettuce last week because it might be contaminated with E. Coli bacteria. They were sold in most western states under the label, Ready Pac, Trader Joe's or Safeway.

Another day buying gross bagged lettuce, another recall.

In October 2011, in California alone, the Food and Drug Administration recalled 16 different items (four were bagged lettuce products). That's half of the total 32 recalls in the US that month (seven for bagged greens).

Organic isn't always safe either. Organic grocery chain Fresh and Easy recalled spinach in October for the second time in two months because of potential Listeria bacteria. 

A report released in 2009 confirms that leafy greens have been recalled more than any other food since 1990.

When the report came out, one food science professor at Rutgers speculated in an article by Main Street that because these greens come right off the field, they are more likely to be exposed to fecal matter. Gross!

[discountqueens-blog]