Food Safety
More than 235 employees of Dole’s salad processing plant in Springfield, Ohio, tested positive for COVID-19.
The Produce Traceability Initiative has added/upgrade four tools for the industry to support traceability implementation.
The clock is ticking for the Food and Drug Administration’s determination of “high-risk” foods and what traceability/record-keeping standard those foods should meet.
Though the new coronavirus COVID-19 is not a food safety issue, responding to the crisis has pulled in produce safety professionals in a variety of ways.
The inability to hold the Center for Produce Safety’s annual Symposium in its traditional form has opened up new opportunities for greater participation, says Bonnie Fernandez-Fenaroli, executive director of CPS.
Helping to preserve food safety and quality, monitoring devices connected to the internet of things (IoT) are giving produce operators more visibility into their supply chains compared with a decade ago.
Hy-Vee, Aldi and Jewel-Osco have recalled private label garden salads supplied by Fresh Express after they were linked to an outbreak of cyclospora, with cases rapidly increasing.
Clear Labs has received the International Association for Food Protection’s 2020 Food Safety Innovation Award.
(UPDATED/CORRECTED) Cyclospora infections linked to Fresh Express garden salads continue to rise and now include Walmart private-label bagged salads, including salad served at a North Dakota restaurant.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a second notice to the importance of food safety measures to the Mexican papaya industry.
As expected, the Food and Drug Administration’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety leans heavily on technology, particularly in traceability and outbreak responses.
Promotora Agricola El Toro, a grower, packer and shipper with nearly 10,000 acres in Baja California, Mexico, has earned Equitable Food Initiative certification.
Food safety and contract sanitation provider PSSI, Keller Wis., has promoted Ben Busch to vice president of information technology.
The Food and Drug Administration has set a goal of restarting on-site inspection of FDA-regulated facilities the week of July 20.
Companies, trade associations and other groups continue to offer help during the COVID-19 crisis, whether it’s a program to help feed people in an uncertain economic period or helping farmworkers stay safe.
SmartWash Solutions, Salinas, Calif., has released an online tool allowing produce plant managers to monitor real-time performance data on their wash lines chemistry.
Another retailer has recalled onions that came from a California grower because some of the onions from the company have been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Newport.
Taylor Farms Texas, Dallas, has recalled seven products and the USDA has issued a public health alert for six other items from the company because they all contain onions linked to a salmonella outbreak.
The FDA is seeking data to determine if produce commodities with low reported consumption should be added to the “rarely consumed raw” list and thereby exempt from the agency’s Produce Safety Rule.
Braga Fresh, Soledad, Calif., has hired Colby Pereira as vice president of operations.
Sysco Canada is recalling red onions imported from the U.S., naming the onions as the possible source of a salmonella outbreak, and Canadian health officials are advising people not to eat the onions.
(UPDATED) Thomson International Inc., Bakersfield, Calif., is recalling onions it grew after the Food and Drug Administration identified them in a salmonella outbreak.
The Food and Drug Administration has set fiscal year 2021 fees for inspection relating to imports and third-party audits under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
United Fresh has food safety web seminars scheduled on a variety of topics, starting with a look at the FDA’s recent unveiling of its blueprint for the New Era of Smarter Food Safety.
Fortune Food Product Inc., a Chicago sprout grower and maker of soy products, has agreed to shut down after the Food and Drug Administration issued its first injunction under the Produce Safety Rule.
Dynamic Systems Inc., Bellevue, Wash., has launched a lower-cost version of its SIMBA traceability system designed for smaller produce growers and packers.
The United Fresh Produce Association is offering a web seminar on auditor training for good agricultural practices.
Participants in the United Fresh Produce Association’s first Produce Safety Immersion Program will have a
The imposition of new import requirements on U.S. romaine lettuce by the CFIA could have been avoided with better communication between U.S. and Canadian food safety officials, according to Ron Lemaire.
The Food and Drug Administration and its counterparts in Mexico are taking steps to strengthen collaboration on food safety, from outbreak investigations to training and outbreak prevention measures.