Title: Dole Food Company - Wikipedia
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Dole Food Company
Contents
History
Operations
Management
Products
Headquarters
Legacy
Mascot
Advertising
Food safety
2005 E. coli outbreak
2006 E. coli outbreak
2007 E. coli recall
2012 Salmonella recall
June 2012 Listeria recall
August 2012 Listeria recall
2014 Listeria recall
2015 Salmonella recall
2016 Listeriosis outbreak
Criticism and controversies
Legal cases
Hawaii
Labor relations
Labeling of genetically engineered foods in California
References
Further reading
External links

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Dole Food Company
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American agricultural multinational corporation
Dole Food Company, Inc.

Type
Private
Industry
Agribusiness
Founded
June 2, 1851; 169 years ago
( 1851-06-02)
Kingdom of Hawaii
Founder
Samuel Northrup Castle
Amos Starr Cooke
Headquarters
Westlake Village, California
,
U.S.
Key people
David H. Murdock
Chairman
Carl McCann
Deputy Chairman
Johan Lindén
President, COO, CEO
Products
Fruit
Vegetables
Other food products
Revenue
US$4.566 billion (2019)
Net income
$173.8 million (2019)
Number of employees
36,000 (2018)
Website
www .dole .com
Dole Food Company, Inc. (previously named Standard Fruit Company) is an American agricultural multinational corporation headquartered in Westlake Village, California. The company is the largest producer of fruit and vegetables in the world, operating with 74,300 full-time and seasonal employees who are responsible for over 300 products in 90 countries. Dole markets such food items as bananas, pineapples, grapes, strawberries, salads, and other fresh and frozen fruits and juices. Dole owns a shipping line, Dole Ocean Cargo Express. Dole's chairman founded the Dole Nutrition Institute, a nutritional research and education foundation. Contents
1 History
2 Operations
2.1 Management
2.2 Products
2.3 Headquarters
3 Legacy
4 Mascot
5 Advertising
6 Food safety
6.1 2005 E. coli outbreak
6.2 2006 E. coli outbreak
6.3 2007 E. coli recall
6.4 2012 Salmonella recall
6.5 June 2012 Listeria recall
6.6 August 2012 Listeria recall
6.7 2014 Listeria recall
6.8 2015 Salmonella recall
6.9 2016 Listeriosis outbreak
7 Criticism and controversies
7.1 Legal cases
7.2 Hawaii
7.3 Labor relations
7.4 Labeling of genetically engineered foods in California
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
History
Main article: Standard Fruit Company
Hawaiian Pineapple Company and American Can Company factory in 1914 Sanborn Fire Insurance Map
Dole Plantation on Oahu, Hawaii. The company traces its origin to the 1851 establishment of Castle & Cooke by missionaries Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke. Castle & Cooke rapidly became one of the largest companies in Hawaii, investing in shipping, railroad construction, sugar production and seafood packing.