Food Safety
Critics say EWG’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ list is inaccurate and harmful
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) is calling the Environmental Working Group’s “Dirty Dozen” list, released March 20, both “inaccurate” and “harmful” to Americans. The report, issued annually, offers consumers an extremely biased view of various... more »
Pure Bioscience, SmartWash Solutions partner
Pure Bioscience, Inc. (OTCQB: PURE), creator of the patented non-toxic silver dihydrogen citrate (SDC) antimicrobial and SmartWash Solutions have partnered for an antimicrobial pre-treatment on cut produce named SmartWash Boost. SmartWash Boost Lethality = 99.8 percent... more »
FDA publishes final rule extending compliance dates for ag water
USDA issued a rule March 15 to finalize the new compliance dates for the agricultural water requirements in the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. Larger farms are now required to comply... more »
Harmonized Standard Audit set from participating audit groups
United Fresh Produce Association said March 7 that the Harmonized Standard Audit is now available from the following auditing organizations: Americert International Ceres Certifications, International (CCI) Equicert GLOBALG.A.P. Lighthouse Food Safety & Quality NSF Perry... more »
An inspection preview for the FSMA Produce Safety Rule
Food safety inspections on produce farms are beginning this month, but there are still questions as to what the first round of Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule inspections will look like. The fact that... more »
Georgia to host Produce Safety Rule workshop
University of Georgia Cooperative Extension and the Georgia Department of Agriculture will host a free one-day workshop for produce farmers on Thursday, March 14, at Little Ocmulgee State Park in Helena, Georgia. The training is... more »
Peaches, nectarines and plums recalled by New York distributor
Jac. Vandenberg Inc. of Yonkers, New York is recalling 1,727 cartons of Fresh Peaches, 1,207 cartons of Fresh Nectarines and 365 cartons of Fresh Plums because they have the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes,... more »
Program, vice chair approved by Alliance for Food and Farming
At its annual meeting held this month, the Alliance for Food and Farming Management Board approved 2019 projects that will help advance the organization’s objective of providing credible, science based information to consumers so that... more »
