A GenNext Grower takes the reins on implementing a program to accurately track and maintain logs from the field to the packing shed.

Researchers are taking a close look at the potential of using ultraviolet LEDs on the packing line.

Florida Grower editor Frank Giles says it’s time to dumb down the message on the current and future state of food production.

FDA officer Michael Mahovic reviews the findings from Chamberlain Farms’ 2012 outbreak and provides food safety pointers.

First felony conviction under Michigan’s state food law; owner charged with willful misbranding and adulteration of food products.

FDA agrees to firm deadlines to enact the Food Safety Modernization Act.

Workshop to be held in April in Washington state and is designed for growers/packers/shippers, processors, and other industry organizations.

California field studies on E. coli and Salmonella will lead to better food safety policies.

The Jensen brothers were sentenced after they pleaded guilty last year to introducing adulterated food into interstate commerce.

Preparing your farm for the future means having a good handle on the external factors that can make or break your success. One of the most important of these factors is food safety.

Thanks to a state-of-the-art packing facility coupled with the know-how of the next generation, Ken Corbett Farms is on a path to grow its size and customer base.

FDA’s food safety rules may not be implemented yet, but Betsy Bihn of the Produce Safety Alliance tells growers they need to get started now.

The document is designed to aid in the development of practical and science-based programs to prevent contamination.

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.

UF/IFAS researchers say “perfect storm” is necessary for the fooborne illness to proliferate.

UF/IFAS also probes perceptions on GMO crops.

USDA issued a federal register notice terminating the proposal to create the National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement.

The meeting was part of an agreement with prosecutors.