California’s Leafy Green Marketing Agreement announced a “significant change” on Thursday to its standards concerning animal intrusion into fields, according to LGMA CEO Scott Horsfall. Until now, leafy green growers have been advised to take
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My Tour with Foodborne Illness Victims Through the Leafy Greens Industry
My life changed forever in June 1996, when my two little sisters were stricken with E. coli O157:H7 infections after eating “triple-washed, ready-to-eat” mesclun lettuce. At first, they suffered horrendous cramps, vomiting and diarrhea. While…
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LGMA Committed to Food Safety Above All Else
This article is authored by leadership of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement which includes Ryan Talley of Talley Farms, Chairman; Jamie Strachan of Growers Express, past Chairman; Ron Ratto, Ratto Bros, Vice Chairman; and …
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E. coli-Contaminated Lettuce Came from a California LGMA Grower
Update: The lettuce recall described in this article was expanded to include product sold at Canadian Burger King and Pizza Hut locations. First it was just plain old lettuce, then it was California-grown lettuce, and…
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Marketing Food Safety
“I have long believed that good food, good eating is all about risk. Whether we’re talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime ‘associates,’ food, for me, as always been an adventure.” …
CA Leafy Green Growers Work to Regain Trust
California’s Salinas Valley — America’s salad bowl — is making a comeback as “the ultra center of safe food production” after going through a troubling E. coli outbreak five years ago that was traced to…
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FDA Seeks Input to Improve Produce Safety
In an ongoing effort to formulate produce safety policies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are inviting public comment to inform the rulemaking process.
The FDA established…
LGMA Policing 99 Percent of Market
In just three years since the 2006 E. coli O157:H7 outbreak from bagged baby spinach, the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) is now policing over 110 companies that together ship and sell 99 percent…
Leafy Greens Hearings Drawing to End
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) series of hearings on the proposed marketing agreement for leafy green vegetables is drawing to an end this week.
The proposed marketing agreement, formally known as the National Leafy…
Hearings on Leafy Green Safety Begin
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) held its first meeting to gather input on a proposed leafy greens safety plan from growers and shippers yesterday.
The USDA is trying to determine whether there is enough…
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