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Tanimura & Antle HarvestSelect produce box advances
SALINAS, CA – August 1st – Tanimura & Antle, BB #:115075 announced the addition of fruit and root vegetables to...
FDA Announces New Protocol for the Development and Registration of Treatments for Preharvest Agricultural Water
For Immediate Release: July 30, 2020 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a new protocol for the development...
Illnesses grow from bagged salad cyclospora outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released this update July 24, 2020: The FDA, along with CDC and state and...
United Fresh Promotes McEntire to Senior Vice President Food Safety & Technology
PRESS RELEASE: WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 23, 2020) – United Fresh Produce Association BB #:145458 today announced the promotion of Dr....
JV Smith Companies’ Mexicali Operation achieves EFI Certification
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2020 – Promotora Agricola El Toro BB #:161560, a JV Smith Companies facility with more than 3,500...
FDA launches New Era of Food Safety
Welcome to the New Era of Smarter Food Safety. The world around us is changing rapidly; many believe we will...
Cyclospora salad outbreak sickens 500+
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released this update July 9, 2020: FDA’s traceback investigation is ongoing to determine the...
NGA partnership brings cleaning and safety program to retail members
Arlington, VA – The National Grocers Association (NGA), BB #:163424 is partnering with ISSA, the Worldwide Cleaning Industry Association and...
FDA targets Fresh Express Illinois facility during Cyclospora outbreak
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released this update June 26, 2020 The FDA, along with CDC and state and...
CPS research targets Listeria
The produce industry’s scientific community has targeted Listeria for more study, since that pathogen has targeted the produce industry so...
FDA names Fresh Express as supplier of salads in Cyclospora outbreak
Food and Drug Administration investigation Update June 22, 2020 On June 20, 2020, Hy-Vee and Jewel-Osco recalled their 12-ounce bagged...
CDC, FDA investigating a multi-state outbreak of Cyclospora tied to salads from Hy-Vee, Aldi, and Jewel-Osco in the Midwest
LAST UPDATED JUNE 19, 2020 6:00 PM EDT CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food...
Fresh Express recalls salad kit due to undeclared allergens
Fresh Express BB #:115030 is voluntarily recalling a limited quantity of Fresh Express 11.5-ounce Southwest Chopped Kit with production codes...
PMA launches The Essentials of Produce Safety, an online training program
Newark, DE – The Produce Marketing Association (PMA), BB #:153708 has announced the launch of its eLearning certificate course Essentials...
Procurant offers new traceability solution
LOS GATOS, Calif.- Procurant, BB #:355257 a Silicon Valley technology company transforming the global food supply chain, announced the creation...
Bar codes, DNA and food safety
You know it already: bar codes are everywhere. But a team of synthetic biologists at Harvard, MIT, and Boston University...
Pandemic shifts FDA’s food safety plans
The following was published on FDA.gov on June 2: By: Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, and...
LGMA forms Adjacent Lands Subcommittee to make Romaine safer
Sacramento, CA – A special new subcommittee has been appointed by the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) BB #:210653...
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