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Keep your attention on routine produce safety practices during pandemic

By Trevor Suslow on April 7, 2020
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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…
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Are we there yet? Where are we going in 2020

By Coral Beach on January 2, 2020
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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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Food safety voices heard during 2019

By News Desk on December 26, 2019

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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We checked it twice: The good, the bad and on the bubble

By Coral Beach & Joe Whitworth on December 24, 2019
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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…
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Romaine confusion and clarity from the produce industry perspective

By Trevor Suslow on November 27, 2019
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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 with postharvest produce and freshcut produce,  wrote

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

By Coral Beach on July 31, 2019

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…
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Renowned UC-Davis researcher Trevor Suslow joins PMA staff

By News Desk on July 24, 2018

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,…
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Leafy greens outbreak research on agenda at CPS symposium

By News Desk on June 4, 2018

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…
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No quick or easy answers for using raw manure on food crops

By Cookson Beecher on May 30, 2018

Watch children’s first reactions at a dairy farm and you’ll see their hands quickly going up to their faces and their fingers pinching their nostrils shut.

“What’s that awful smell,” they’ll ask the farmer.

For…
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Important Clarification of FSMA Produce Rule Ag Water Compliance Dates

By Trevor Suslow on February 25, 2018

Boy did I get this wrong…but so did many others…most seriously, some domestic and international trainers and Lead Trainers providing the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training programs.

At this time, two diametrically opposed understandings…
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Mr. Roboto meets Polk Salad Annie

By Catharine Huddle on February 23, 2018

Holy Jane Jetson.

Picture this. You walk into the breakroom at work and instead of – or in addition to – the tired-looking ham/chicken/egg salad sandwiches and cans of chili, there’s a vending machine chock…
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