Eight times since 2017, growers of leafy greens, especially those producing Romaine lettuce, have been rocked by outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7. The pathogen associated with the intestines of cows rode in on the greens, causing sicknesses, sending people to hospitals for treatment of kidney ailment, and, oh yes
Continue Reading There’s a break in leafy green outbreaks, but work to eliminate them forever continues
Ten years ago the California LGMA partnered with STOP Foodborne Illness to create a motivational training video for leafy greens producers. In May 2022, the California LGMA and STOP Foodborne Illness provided an update to the original video.
The original video features the stories of two young women, Rylee Gustafson
Continue Reading California LGMA and STOP update “The Why Behind Food Safety” video
Tim York is “passionately focused on food safety,” according to his biography from the California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement (LGMA). And, maybe that’s true.
For anyone passionate about food safety, it inevitably means preaching the gospel when unbelievers might be around. York yesterday took to the columns of The
Continue Reading LGMA’s York wants to bring pre-harvest testing to leafy greens in California
