food safety

Tanimura & Antle HarvestSelect produce box advances

SALINAS, CA – August 1st – Tanimura & Antle, BB #:115075 announced the addition of fruit and root vegetables to...

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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...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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....

5 years ago 4 minute read

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...

5 years ago 5 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 7 minute read

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...

5 years ago 1 minute read

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...

5 years ago 2 minute read

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...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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...

5 years ago 3 minute read

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...

5 years ago 7 minute read

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...

5 years ago 4 minute read

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