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The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) and Western Growers (WG), which both represent local and regional family farmers, have initiated a joint effort to establish sustainable produce packaging guidelines for North America.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The partners introduced a working group, Sustainable Produce Packaging Alignment for North America (SPPA), which will create the guidelines.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The collaboration aims to develop packaging guidelines by December 2025, addressing the diverse and sometimes conflicting demands from governments and retailers across the continent.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Several grower associations from across North America convened to assess the current state of produce packaging in the region.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
WG president and CEO Dave Puglia said: \u201cConsumers are requesting high-quality fresh produce from our growers and changes in packaging. As such, the industry is facing new and aggressive demands from both the public and private sector \u2013 demands that are often in conflict with each other, and don\u2019t fully recognise industry realities and progress.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The SPPA initiative will produce industry-focused analysis, white papers, and web tools on fresh produce packaging technology for US-based speciality crop growers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
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