Food Safety
The FDA is still working to determine the source of an E. coli outbreak tied to Arizona romaine, and the produce industry has noticed customers altering purchase patterns as consumers question whether romaine is safe.
Products in the U.S. have been added to a recall on greenhouse microgreens originating in Canada.
The CDC has added 14 more cases to the E. coli outbreak linked to Arizona romaine, bringing the total to 98 and making this outbreak the largest since contaminated spinach sickened more than 200 people in 2006.
Health officials have linked a death in California to an E. coli outbreak from romaine lettuce grown in Arizona, and the numbers of sick people continues to increase.
Health officials have again increased the number of consumers who’ve contracted Cyclospora illnesses linked to recalled Del Monte vegetable trays.
ORLANDO, Fla. - SafeTraces is promoting its new-to-market sanitation verification solution and its patented DNA barcode application system for fresh produce items.
The Food and Drug Administration has released draft documents designed to help growers better understand the Produce Safety Rule and processors understand the Preventive Controls Rule.
Health officials in Canada and Washington state are investigating more than 50 cases of salmonella possibly linked to cucumbers.
ORLANDO, Fla. — A theme of a food safety session at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit was the need to get more research to companies who could use it.
In its search for answers in the E. coli foodborne illness outbreak linked to romaine, the Food and Drug Administration put a tighter focus on Adam Bros. Farm in mid-December.
On one of my first trips to Chile, I will never forget driving up to a farm and asking the grower who was with me what the meaning of a large sign posted next to the gate entrance was.
The FDA has named Adam Bros. Farm in Santa Barbara County as one potential source of the E. coli outbreak linked to romaine — but it cautions that the finding does not explain all the illnesses in the outbreak.
The Santa Barbara County, Calif., farm named by the Food and Drug Administration as a source of E. coli in an outbreak linked to romaine has recalled red and green leaf lettuce and cauliflower.
The Food and Drug Administration has released results of hot pepper and avocado pathogen testing under a program that shines a spotlight on select fruits and vegetables to examine possible food safety issues.
The CDC has just issued an updated warning about romaine lettuce, following an e.coli outbreak.
Tasked with shifting food safety oversight from a reactive to proactive role, the Food and Drug Administration has released a plan on methods to stop unsafe food from being imported into the U.S.
Registration is open for the Center for Produce Safety’s 2019 Research Symposium.
Michael Robach has joined Clear Labs’ board of directors.
Food safety web seminars that were delayed by the government shutdown have been rescheduled.
Public comments on updated drafts of tomato metrics for food safety are due to the United Fresh Produce Association by May 3.
Federal health agencies are investigating a Salmonella Carrau outbreak involving 93 people, linked to fresh-cut cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon from Caito Foods, Indianapolis.
The Food and Drug Administration is inspecting a Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. facility after four cases of salmonellosis were linked to vegetable trays produced there.
Dawn Winsauer has been promoted to vice president of operations at PSSI, a food safety and contract sanitation provider.
A new biological treatment could help dairy cattle stave off uterine diseases and eventually may help improve food safety for humans, a University of Florida study shows.
Empty dinner plates can quickly translate to lack of world peace. Just ask Sen. Ernst, who gave a political rundown of food security as national security at Iowa State University last week.
Companies that specialize in food safety and traceability continue to put forth innovative ways to transport and store perishable food.
“I think traceability should be a demand [for a shipper] as a member of the produce industry as we work to provide healthy and safe fruits and vegetables,” says Chelsea Consalo of Consalo Family Farms.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture and Rutgers University Cooperative Extension offer Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training required by the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule.
The Chicago-based Institute of Food Technologists has released a series of educational videos on the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule.
GFSI’s 22nd annual conference, “Delivering Safe Food in Turbulent Times: The Need for Agility & Resilience,” will be a three-day event held at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, April 24-27.