Citing extensive comments on water quality standards, procedures for withdrawing qualified exemption for farms, and use of raw manure, components of Food Safety Modernization Act will be reissued.
Charles Hall, the executive director of the Eastern Cantaloupe Growers Association, tells growers to do everything they can to reduce their odds of having a food-borne illness outbreak.
California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement says its food safety program not only meets the proposed requirements of FSMA, but it exceeds the requirements of the new law.
Majority of the 2012 illegal pesticide residues were on produce imported from other countries and contained very low levels (a fraction of a part per million).
The nation’s top food safety lawyer offers perspective on the criminal charges filed in the Jensen Farms case and what this means for the fresh produce industry moving forward.