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“What do you think was different this season?” While not the first question that needs to be asked when
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PHOENIX — With the Food Safety Modernization Act and other Food and Drug Administration regulations guiding growing and processing of fresh produce, it’s common for companies in the supply chain to have a compliance-driven mindset.
Continue Reading Let data drive the food safety process, and share knowledge with the industry
It goes without saying that the current crisis response situation to SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) has and will continue to dominate our conversations and activities for some time to come. The economic, social, and emotional impacts
Continue Reading Keep your attention on routine produce safety practices during pandemic
If hindsight’s 20/20, and if Barbara Walters co-hosted 20/20, what are the odds that 2020’s crystal ball will show a clear picture of the year ahead? Who knows. I just had to get the
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Editor’s note: Guest opinions columns and editorials or what we call “op-eds” are an important part of Food Safety News. Since we got our start more than a decade ago, we’ve published hundreds of such
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It’s Dec. 24, do you know where your name is?
Here at Food Safety News we’ve been checking the year-end Naughty & Nice Lists and we’re ready to nominate some names. When it comes
Continue Reading We checked it twice: The good, the bad and on the bubble
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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 from animal operations to produce
Continue Reading Researchers confirm flies can transfer E. coli from feedlots to produce fields
Known in the food safety arena for his work in fresh produce research, Trevor Suslow has signed on as vice president of food safety for the Produce Marketing Association.
Suslow will start with the Newark,
Continue Reading Renowned UC-Davis researcher Trevor Suslow joins PMA staff
A diverse array of research about fresh produce and food safety are on the agenda for the annual Center for Produce Safety Symposium, ranging from protective edible films for fruit to what can be done
Continue Reading Leafy greens outbreak research on agenda at CPS symposium
