Food Safety
One key way packaging plays a food safety role is by preventing cross contamination.
Researchers leading two projects hope to identify production practices that may contribute to salmonella contamination and steps growers can take to reduce potential food safety risks.
We caught up with Tom Stenzel at IFPA’s big show to talk about indoor ag.
The recalled mushrooms were distributed nationwide in produce wholesale companies.
GroupGAP was set up by the USDA and other federal agriculture agencies to support specialty crop growers, minimize food safety risk and connect with new and existing markets.
Organizations that work with fresh fruits and vegetables plan to strive to ensure that only healthful, wholesome products end up on supermarket shelves and in restaurants and foodservice establishments.
Miami, Fla.-based Fullei Fresh is voluntarily recalling alfalfa sprouts due to the detection of Shiga toxin-producing E.coli (STEC), according to a news release.
Backed by produce industry leaders, the FDA is creating what the agency is calling a “transformative vision” for the FDA Human Foods Program, says Robert Califf, commissioner of food and drugs for the agency.
The funding will allow OmniVis to establish a field pilot for the iSpyDx, a hand-held device that rapidly detects pathogens in food, agriculture and water samples.
Research funded by the Center for Produce Safety is seeking to validate sanitation methods for both harvest and picking bags.
Andrew Kennedy, a former FDA traceability expert who helped develop FSMA 204, and Matt Regusci, co-founder of Azzule/PrimusGFS, will co-lead New Era Partners.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) has announced details of its April 24-27 22nd Annual Conference, “Delivering Food in Turbulent Times: The Need for Agility & Resilience.”
The new report allows auditees to demonstrate their adherence to Food Safety Modernization Act regulations, specifically the Produce Safety Rule, simplifying the path to FDA compliance, according to a news release.
A salmonella outbreak in 34 states that has sickened 117 people and caused two deaths has been traced to one grower in Mexico.
The FDA has added Cut Fruit Express packages of fresh fruit containing cantaloupe and foodservice packages of cantaloupe chunks and fruit mixes with cantaloupe to a recall.
TGD Cuts recalls its fresh-cut fruit cups, clamshells and tray products containing cantaloupe involved in an ongoing recall.
A legal firm says it’s set to represent the family of a 13-month-old who was hospitalized due to eating tainted cantaloupe from a company involved in the FDA’s recall.
The industrywide organization has updated its Food Safety Modernization Act guidance to include information on the supply chain and lot source codes to better prepare the fresh produce industry for 2026 enforcement.
New research shows that foodborne pathogens such as Listeria can persist in packinghouses when biofilms attach to the food’s surface and create a shield over the pathogen.
The software application provides production and inventory tracking and traceability reporting using bar-code technology.
The company says its process uses vaporized hydrogen peroxide, ozone and ultraviolet light to eliminate up to 99.99% of pathogens, addressing global food safety challenges across industries.
The FDA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and state partners continue investigating a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 linked to slivered onions.
The FDA said it identified Grimmway Farms as the supplier of carrots that are involved in an E. coli outbreak and is working to determine the source of the contamination.
The Feb. 27-28 Water Summit hosted by the Produce Safety Alliance brought a fresh focus on agricultural water safety but left questions open about the direction of future regulations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends consumers, retailers and restaurants avoid all romaine lettuce from Arizona.
The U.S. and Mexico have been making progress toward their goal of reducing the risk of illnesses linked to produce, according to a Food and Drug Administration report.
Canadian retailer Sobeys Inc. has issued a recall for 19 fresh-cut and deli products containing broccoli due to possible listeria contamination.
The Center for Produce Safety has announced 13 new research awards at about $2.6 million.
In the wake of the food safety travails of romaine lettuce in recent weeks — and industry navel-gazing about whether health authorities overreacted — I ask this question: What about the good news?
Apio Inc., Guadalupe, Calif., is recalling Eat Smart brand Salad Shake Ups — Sweet Kale salads from Canadian retailers for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.