romaine

UPDATED – Publisher’s Platform: A Thanksgiving question to the FDA, CDC and state and local health authorities

Opinion On this Thanksgiving I want to say how thankful I am for those who work to protect the food we eat. Although for 26 years I have been primarily

By Bill Marler

/ 28 Nov 2019

UPDATED – Publisher’s Platform: A Thanksgiving question to the FDA, CDC and state and local health authorities

Romaine confusion and clarity from the produce industry perspective

Contributed Editor’s note: Trevor Suslow, currently vice president for Produce Safety at the Produce Marketing Association and formerly with the University of California-Davis where he did extensive research

By Trevor Suslow

/ 27 Nov 2019

Romaine confusion and clarity from the produce industry perspective

Publisher’s Platform: Should romaine lettuce carry warning labels?

Opinion With nearly 450 sickened, 259 hospitalized and 7 deaths, is it time for a romaine Warning label? Or, are the illnesses and deaths simply a cost of doing business?

By Bill Marler

/ 26 Nov 2019

Publisher’s Platform: Should romaine lettuce carry warning labels?

New E. coli outbreak linked to romaine; patients spread across country

Even though state officials have found E. coli in romaine lettuce in an unopened package of Ready Pac salad, the federal CDC says their investigation has not determined the source

By Coral Beach

/ 20 Nov 2019

New E. coli outbreak linked to romaine; patients spread across country

Officials name romaine in E. coli outbreak in Maryland; other patients in Wisconsin also ate salad

At least 20 people in Wisconsin have E. coli infections that could be linked to an outbreak in Maryland that has been traced to ready-to-eat romaine lettuce salads.

By News Desk

/ 19 Nov 2019

Officials name romaine in E. coli outbreak in Maryland; other patients in Wisconsin also ate salad

Recommendations on romaine, leafy greens soon to move to implementation stage

Produce industry leaders say work to review and improve food safety measures for romaine lettuce and other leafy greens is on track and should mostly be wrapped up in March

By Coral Beach

/ 5 Nov 2019

Recommendations on romaine, leafy greens soon to move to implementation stage

Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend

Opinion At the risk of beating this issue to death, I found yet another blog post I did several years ago on the issue of transparency in how public health

By Bill Marler

/ 3 Nov 2019

Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend

FDA hid romaine-related outbreak from public view for more than 6 weeks

A not so public public outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce sickened people in a dozen states from July through early September, but U.S. officials did

By Coral Beach

/ 1 Nov 2019

FDA hid romaine-related outbreak from public view for more than 6 weeks

Extension scientists to conduct new environmental study on Yuma’s produce region

Environmental factors impacting the risk of produce becoming contaminated in the Yuma growing region of Arizona are the subject of a new study. University of Arizona (UA) Cooperative Extension scientists

By Dan Flynn

/ 24 Sep 2019

Extension scientists to conduct new environmental study on Yuma’s produce region

FDA romaine testing downplayed facilities that chopped the heads

See clarification note at bottom Today the FDA released findings of a special testing program spurred by the deadly 2018 E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce. It shows somewhat

By Coral Beach

/ 14 Aug 2019

FDA romaine testing downplayed facilities that chopped the heads

Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields

Along with feedlot dust blowing in the wind and surface irrigation water flowing adjacent to feedlots, flies captured in leafy greens plots near feedlots are capable of transferring E. coli

By Coral Beach

/ 31 Jul 2019

Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields

There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain

The pattern is well established. Bad things happen, and then good things happen as a result. But, one man who is uniquely positioned to peer into the future with an

By Coral Beach

/ 8 May 2019

There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain

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romaine

UPDATED – Publisher’s Platform: A Thanksgiving question to the FDA, CDC and state and local health authorities

Romaine confusion and clarity from the produce industry perspective

Publisher’s Platform: Should romaine lettuce carry warning labels?

New E. coli outbreak linked to romaine; patients spread across country

Officials name romaine in E. coli outbreak in Maryland; other patients in Wisconsin also ate salad

Recommendations on romaine, leafy greens soon to move to implementation stage

Publisher’s Platform: My last ode for Transparency – at least for this weekend

FDA hid romaine-related outbreak from public view for more than 6 weeks

Extension scientists to conduct new environmental study on Yuma’s produce region

FDA romaine testing downplayed facilities that chopped the heads

Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields

There’s good call for optimism, but grave reasons for concern remain

Your Support Protects Public Health