Food Safety
FDA announces cooperative agreement to implement produce safety rule
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Sept. 9 the award of a cooperative agreement with the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) to provide critical information and resources to help state... more »
CEA Food Safety Coalition creates board, seeks members
The CEA Food Safety Coalition, comprised of leading controlled environment leafy greens producers, recently completed the formation of its governance structure and is taking steps to accept new members. Controlled environment agriculture (“CEA”) is agricultural... more »
New Jersey blueberry industry responds to food safety claims
On Aug. 8, New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher issued the following statement in response to an article published Aug. 8 on www.Inquirer.com, out of Philadelphia, about labor housing conditions at some New... more »
Crisis communications webinar series for produce industry planned
The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association is collaborating with the United Fresh Produce Association’s Recall Ready Team to provide a five-webinar series on Crisis Communications for the produce industry. These 15-20 minute webinars will be available... more »
UGA Extension training helps keep Georgia’s produce safe
Over the past decade, Americans have fallen in love with locally grown produce, but just because something is grown nearby doesn’t automatically make it safe. Small and beginning farmers, who put a lot of their... more »
Movement on senate effort to increase the border’s ag inspectors
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 24 unanimously approved bipartisan legislation to address the shortage of agricultural inspectors at the nation’s ports of entry. Agricultural inspectors are tasked with stopping harmful... more »
Growers’ decision-making regarding food safety outlined
The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) released a report in June titled "U.S. Produce Growers’ Decision-Making Under Evolving Food Safety Standards." What is the issue? U.S. produce growers have faced increased demand for implementing food... more »
United Fresh revises produce GAPs Harmonized Standard
United Fresh remains committed to strengthening produce safety GAP standards, announcing plans to refresh the current version of the Harmonized Standard, 10 years from its original inception. In its original charter, published in November 2009,... more »
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