Food safety is one of 10 specific policy areas that the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture wants to be addressed in the next federal Farm Bill, which must be finished by 2023. At
Continue Reading NASDA puts food safety on the agenda as work begins on Farm Bill 2023
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) is now available in Chinese and Portuguese, after previously only being available in Spanish and English.
The Produce Safety rule established science-based minimum standards for
Continue Reading FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule is now available in Chinese and Portuguese
She can grow some mean salad greens. “So healthy for you and your family,” she’ll cheerfully tell the customer who makes regular stops at her booth at the local farmers market.
At another booth,
Continue Reading Even a small farm needs a strong food safety plan and legal protection for it
They must pay a higher percentage of their sales than big farms to do it, but small produce growers eventually end up with more money in their pockets if they implement food safety practices.
The
Continue Reading Money out, money in: Small farms can benefit from food safety expenditures
MOUNT VERNON, WA — They’re out there on the front lines waging a battle against dangerous pathogens that can contaminate your food and make you sick or even kill you. Yet most people don’t even
Continue Reading The key role farm workers play in produce safety
Few things are certain in farming and no amount of planning can prevent or undo the damage of an untimely hail storm or hard freeze.
But there’s one thing one thing produce growers and packers
Continue Reading The Produce Rule comes into focus at Food Safety Summit
The largest Food Safety Summit in the event’s history was the 18th annual summit in 2016, but attendee registrations and show floor booth reservations are on track for year 19 to set new records.
Scheduled
Continue Reading Hot topics front and center at Food Safety Summit 2017
