Food Safety
Pero Family Farms Food Co. LLC, Delray Beach, Fla., has recalled multiple butternut squash products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
How do you quantify the advantages and disadvantages of increased traceability regulations for fresh produce (and other food)?
PSSI, the industry’s leading food safety, and contract sanitation provider, announced their chemical division, PSSI Chemical Innovations, has earned its SQF Quality Certification for its third year in a row.
Indoor grower BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., has promoted Jackie Hawkins to director of food safety and quality.
Get a quick rundown of the produce industry news of the week from editor-in-chief Tom Karst, news editor Chris Koger, Northeast editor Amy Sowder and retail editor Ashley Nickle in this latest episode of Packer Insight.
The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) today launches its all-new GFSI Podcast Series.
Monterey, Calif.-based Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. is voluntarily recalling a single lot code of Dole Endless Summer Salad Kit.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s new produce safety website has launched to help professionals abide by the Food Safety Modernization Act, including the Produce Safety Rule.
Auditing Operations Services is now accredited by the American National Standards Institute to certify foreign suppliers of food into the United States under the FDA’s Accredited Third Party Certification Program.
Guan’s Mushroom Co of Commerce, CA is recalling all cases of its 200g/7.05-ounce packages of Enoki Mushroom (Product of China) because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
United Fresh Produce Association is offering a web seminar on best management practices to preventing Cyclospora.
Updating LGMA’s required food safety practices is an involved process that seeks input from scientists, food safety experts and the public. No other entity is capable of making widespread change as quickly as we can.
A recent Wall Street Journal article titled The Airline Safety Revolution caught my eye and should be required reading for the leafy greens industry and our food safety regulators.
The Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) application portal for fiscal year (FY) 2022 benefits will close on May 31, 2021. The portal opened on January 1, 2021.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report on its investigation of the Salmonella Enteritidis outbreak in peaches.
The 12th Annual Center for Produce Safety Research Symposium starts and June 15, and programming will continue until mid-July.
Thermo Fisher Scientific have announced that the Thermo Scientific SureTect Salmonella Species PCR Assay has been granted AOAC Official Method Analysis (OMA) status.
The Food and Drug Administration is extending the public comment period for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s traceability rule.
Investigations into two of three E. coli outbreaks from this fall have been completed, and although the traceback process led authorities to farms, samples did not confirm link any particular food or source.
Food safety will be a top concern in 2021, so the United Fresh Produce Association has a roster of food safety programs available in virtual seminars coming up in the new year.
The Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement welcomes Kevin Watson as its new LGMA compliance officer. In this role he will help to implement the program’s comprehensive, science-based, food safety standards.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the USDA Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Assistance Program to remain available to eligible producers until all allocated funds are depleted.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is launching an assignment to collect romaine lettuce samples from commercial coolers in the Yuma County, Arizona growing region during the current harvest season.
The dates are set for the annual Center for Produce Safety Research Symposium.
The pandemic has changed business practices for many of our industry’s companies, but one thing that it cannot change is the fresh produce industry’s commitment to food safety.
A free web seminar on supply chain transparency is set for Feb. 23 by solutions provider Dapicon Inc.
State and federal public health are collecting data to identify the food source of a multistate outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Feb. 2.
While political and economic reverberations of the pandemic will rattle the globe for decades to come, how successfully humanity comes out of this pandemic will affect not just health of populations and economies.
The United Fresh Produce Association has set March 10 as the date for the first annual virtual harmonized standard update meeting, according to a news release.
HPNow’s patented HPGen solution for the on-site generation of hydrogen peroxide has received the “Solar Impulse Efficient Solution” Label, according to a news release.