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By Bonnie Fernandez-Fenaroli
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) was formed as a public-private partnership, inviting all produce safety stakeholders – industry, research institutions, and regulatory and public health agencies – to engage with each other to fund science, find solutions and fuel change in fresh produce food
Continue Reading Produce silos are starting to crumble
On Friday, the FDA released a fact sheet and constituent update to remind produce stakeholders of the upcoming end of the intended enforcement discretion period for the harvest and post-harvest agricultural water requirements in the Produce Safety Rule for covered produce other than sprouts.
For large farms covered by the
Continue Reading Jan. 26 is an important date for FDA agricultural water requirements
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued guidance on its intent not to enforce certain provisions of five rules that implement the Food Safety Modernization Act.
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) of 2011 grants the FDA more authority to regulate the way foods are grown, harvested, and processed.
Continue Reading FDA announces it won’t enforce certain aspects of some FSMA rules
The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) has now raised more than $5 million toward its $15 million goal to finance produce-specific food safety research, and to transfer research findings to industry, government and other stakeholders, during the next five years.
Dave Puglia is the president and
Continue Reading $5 million raised toward $15 million goal; industry emphasizes importance of produce safety
Authorities in Australia are calling for comments on a plan to develop a primary production and processing standard for high-risk horticulture.
Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ)’s proposal will consider the development of a primary production and processing (PPP) standard for high-risk horticulture as part of a broader review of
Continue Reading FSANZ wants comments on planned produce rules
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 testing the food to make sure it doesn’t contain any pathogens that could make us
Continue Reading Food safety initiative puts farmworkers front and center
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 facets of the sweeping 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Published in the Federal Register
Continue Reading Growers eye FDA’s Produce Safety Rule from ground level
Time was that food and medicine were two different things. Food was for eating and medicine was for curing diseases. It was as simple as that. Take a look at the recently released 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans and you’ll see that things have changed. 
Food is now viewed as
Continue Reading New dietary guidelines show potential conflict between safe and healthy
Farmers who want to sell their produce in certain markets, such as big-box stores, have to get certain food safety certifications, but not everyone can afford to scale up. USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is trying to help. An increasing number of retailers require their suppliers to have Good Agricultural
Continue Reading USDA to Expand Group Food Safety Certification for Small Growers
Anytime there is a massive outbreak involving produce, those of us tasked with produce safety should be asking the difficult questions about our prevention methods and why they failed. There are emerging trends apparent with pathogens in produce: a trend away from Salmonella and E. coli and toward more novel
Continue Reading Cyclospora and Unanswered Questions About Produce Safety
