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Letter From The Editor: The dirt on your boots round table

By Dan Flynn on November 1, 2020
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After the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law, somebody I don’t remember who told me there was one ticklish part.

FSMA for the first time put the Food and Drug Administration…
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Food-safety inspectors begin visits to produce farms, packing houses

By Cookson Beecher on August 5, 2019

They’re coming.

Not that there haven’t been plenty of warnings, not the least in the form of the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act that calls for inspectors to visit produce farms and packing houses under…
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FDA drops new produce guidance and wants to talk about it

By Dan Flynn on October 25, 2018

Call it a little lite winter reading for America’s produce growers and processors.

It’s the 152 pages of non-binding draft guidance titled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human …
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FDA’s Gottlieb tells state ag bosses how FSMA is going to work

By News Desk on September 20, 2017

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb  talked about compliance with new food regulations at the Annual Meeting of the influential National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) in New Orleans.

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Produce states get $30 million to help FDA enforce new rule

By News Desk on July 20, 2017

Forty-three states and territories are getting a total of $30.9 million from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help the federal agency implement the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule.

“Congress envisioned the…
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More delays for Produce Safety Rule as industry balks over water testing

By Dan Flynn on March 20, 2017

Water testing standards that are a key part of the produce safety requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) are undergoing a quiet review that could extend the compliance date for the Produce Safety…
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CA leafy greens audits reveal more compliance than citations

By Cathy Siegner on October 7, 2016

Hundreds of audits of California leafy greens operations during the 2015-2016 season found 99.5-percent compliance with industry food safety standards, according to the latest annual report from the Sacramento-based California Leafy Greens Products Handler Marketing

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The food police are coming — liability and DOJ enforcement

By Tom Stenzel on September 29, 2016

The notion that “the food police are coming” motivated attendees at the United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Conference earlier this month to attend a session featuring Jeffrey Steger, assistant director in the Consumer Protection Branch…
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Oregon delays seeking federal funds for on-farm FSMA compliance checks

By Cathy Siegner on June 16, 2016

State agriculture officials will not be inspecting Oregon farms for compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act anytime soon under a resolution unanimously approved last week by the Oregon State Board of Agriculture. The resolution…
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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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Growers eye FDA’s Produce Safety Rule from ground level

By Cathy Siegner on May 16, 2016

The fresh produce industry is watching closely as enforceable requirements in the FDA’s Produce Safety Rule gradually come into play at ground level. The rule is one of seven the agency has drafted to implement

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