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Letter from The Editor: Turning the Page

By Dan Flynn on December 4, 2016

Every once in a while in the news business, a feeling comes through our once ink-filled veins. It does not reach everyone at the same time or place, but eventually we all say it: “I…
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Extension project targets contaminated water risk to produce

By News Desk on November 11, 2016

A multistate research and outreach project designed to assist produce growers with reducing food safety risks from contaminated surface water is taking shape at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.

UT water disinfection system Chlorine,…
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States get $21.8 million from FDA to help farms comply with produce rule

By News Desk on September 13, 2016

States looking for financial assistance to help them help farmers comply with FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule recently got some welcome news from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA announced that it was awarding $21.8…
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Review finds LGMA compares favorably with FDA produce rule

By Dan Flynn on May 20, 2016

An expert panel has found that the best practices guidelines already followed by California and Arizona growers compares favorably with the new Produce Safety Rule now finalized under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). lettuceworkers_406x250All…
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Food safety initiative puts farmworkers front and center

By Cookson Beecher on May 18, 2016

When the topic is food safety, the first things that might come to mind for many are the farmers growing the food, the stores selling the food, and even the public health scientists who are…
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Food safety scientist unravels questions about food safety act

By Cookson Beecher on March 7, 2016

Are you in or are you out? That was one of the first questions Don Stoeckel, a food-safety scientist with Cornell University, posed to the farmers and processors attending his presentation on the federal Food …
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The Year’s Top Ten Food Safety Stories

By Dan Flynn on December 30, 2015

Here are the Top Ten  food safety stories  for 2015 as compiled by Food Safety News.   Top-10_406x250 No. 1—The massacre on Dec. 2, 2015  of 14 people in San Bernardino County, CA mostly involved …
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FDA Finalizes FSMA Produce Safety Rule, Food Import Rules

By News Desk on November 13, 2015

http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-photo-lettuce-field-salinas-valley-california-image30659265The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized the next three major rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The rules establish enforceable safety standards for produce farms, make importers accountable for verifying…
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Understanding Small Farm Exemptions Under FSMA's Produce Safety Rule

By Kelly Damewood on December 13, 2013

With the comment period finally closed on the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one step closer to implementing FSMA. FDA must now review the…
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Many in Congress Want to Give FDA a 'Do-Over' on Draft Rules

By Dan Flynn on November 27, 2013

Among nearly 20,000 written comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on draft rules regarding produce and preventive controls are letters from lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), which…
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