food safety

Food safety starts at the farm

September is National Food Safety Education Month and while our industry seems to live and breathe food safety, the upcoming...

4 years ago 3 minute read

EFI celebrates National Food Safety Education Month

WASHINGTON – Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy...

4 years ago 4 minute read

CFIA adds products to Veggie Foodle recall

Ottawa, August 30, 2021 – The food recall warning issued on August 20, 2021 has been updated to include additional...

4 years ago 2 minute read

CFIA expands Curation Foods/Eat Smart brand salad recall

Ottawa, August 26, 2021 – The food recall warning issued on August 24, 2021 has been updated to include additional...

4 years ago 2 minute read

CFIA issues food recall warning for Eat Smart brand Asian Sesame Chopped Salad Kit

Ottawa, August 24, 2021 – Curation Foods BB #:117213 is recalling Eat Smart brand Asian Sesame (SĂ©same asiatique) Chopped Salad...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Buyer, seller, grower groups join to fund CPS produce safety research

WOODLAND, Calif. — Investing in the food safety of fresh produce comes down to pride, potential, partnership and priorities, say...

4 years ago 7 minute read

CFIA issues recall of broccoli-containing deli products due to Listeria monocytogenes

From: Canadian Food Inspection Agency Recall date: August 13, 2021 Recall details Ottawa, August 13, 2021 – Industry is recalling...

4 years ago 8 minute read

Arizona LGMA members to update food safety practices for 2021/2022 season

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 Phoenix, AZ: Today the Arizona LGMA Food Safety Committee approved changes to the adjacent land use...

4 years ago 2 minute read

LGMA hires new Compliance Officer

Salinas, CA – The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) BB #:210653 has a new Compliance Officer. Alyssa Licata has...

4 years ago 3 minute read

Food safety recalls: Bad news but also good news

A certain function in my mind relentlessly sorts items into Good News versus Bad News. This process is often the...

4 years ago 3 minute read

One Harvest deploys SmartWash Solutions across Australia

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia — One Harvest, Australia’s leading leafy greens and fresh-cut produce supplier, announced installation of SmartWash Solutions’ comprehensive...

4 years ago 4 minute read

Flavor of Sunshine campaign grows marketing momentum for Eastern Cantaloupes

LAGRANGE, GA – While genetically similar, there is a big difference between the sweet, juicy cantaloupes grown during the balmy...

4 years ago 3 minute read

BrightFarms recall expands to include baby spinach

ROCHELLE, Ill., July 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — JULY 28, 2021 RECALL EXPANSION: BrightFarms today initiated a voluntary recall expansion of...

4 years ago 3 minute read

LGMA hopeful Canada will accept testing mandate

California leafy green grower-shippers are optimistic that Canada will ease its restrictions on their product later this year. Last October,...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Bobalu Berries adds food safety director

Eric Valenzuela has filled the newly created position of Director of Food Safety at Bobalu, LLC BB #:354734. Mr. Valenzuela...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Old Soul’s Farms recalls leafy green products due to possible Listeria risk

Company Announcement — Old Souls Farms, LLC, located at in St. Paris, Ohio, is initiating a voluntary recall of greenhouse leafy...

4 years ago 2 minute read

Salmonella find prompts Grimmway carrot recall

Grimmway Farms BB #:112956 has voluntarily issued a recall of certain carrot products because they may have been contaminated with Salmonella....

4 years ago 3 minute read

FDA updates BrightFarms salad outbreak investigation

July 22, 2021 The FDA, along with CDC and state and local partners, is investigating a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium infections...

4 years ago 3 minute read

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