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Free food safety session — The Future of Produce Safety: Of This I am Certain . . .

By News Desk on June 2, 2021

On June 4, 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m., the Central Valley Food Safety Committee, in partnership with the College of the Sequoias Training Resource Center, is offering a free hybrid meeting for food safety professionals and …
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Recommendations on romaine, leafy greens soon to move to implementation stage

By Coral Beach on November 5, 2019

Produce industry leaders say work to review and improve food safety measures for romaine lettuce and other leafy greens is on track and should mostly be wrapped up in March 2020, two years after a…
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Renowned UC-Davis researcher Trevor Suslow joins PMA staff

By News Desk on July 24, 2018

Known in the food safety arena for his work in fresh produce research, Trevor Suslow has signed on as vice president of food safety for the Produce Marketing Association.

Suslow will start with the Newark,…
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Leafy greens outbreak research on agenda at CPS symposium

By News Desk on June 4, 2018

A diverse array of research about fresh produce and food safety are on the agenda for the annual Center for Produce Safety Symposium, ranging from protective edible films for fruit to what can be done…
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Listeria outbreak set apple industry on a targeted course

By Cookson Beecher on July 13, 2016

apple-target-406SEATTLE — Sometimes when something that “just can’t happen” does happen, valuable lessons are learned. That was the case when some batches of commercially produced, packaged, whole caramel apples turned out to be the cause…
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Produce industry questions Chipotle protestors’ motivation

By Coral Beach on March 25, 2016

Protests at two Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants Thursday by individuals purporting to be food safety advocates were actually publicity stunts staged by the Teamsters to cast a shadow on fresh produce supplier Taylor Farms, according…
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Expert survey says: You can’t test your way to food safety

By Coral Beach on February 29, 2016

Recent foodborne illness outbreaks have pushed pathogen testing into the headlines, with national restaurant chains and local eateries touting negative test results as positive news. Lab testing produce Executives for the Denver-based fast-food burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill…
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Food Safety Audits: Do We Have the System Backward?

By Bob Whitaker on March 30, 2015

(This article by Bob Whitaker, Ph.D., was originally posted here, and is reposted with his permission.) I was at a grower training event on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) awhile back, and it…
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Q&A: Why the Produce Industry Opposes Tester

By Helena Bottemiller on November 23, 2010

As part of our ongoing expert Q&A series, a conversation with Bob Whitaker, the Produce Marketing Association’s Chief Science Officer: 

After working with Congress to get comprehensive food safety legislation in the pipeline, the Produce…
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