The voluntary recall of limited quantities of Crunch Pak Brand apple slices is due to a possible health risk from Listeria monocytogenes.

Industry groups express concern at blanket regulations; deadline for comments is Nov. 22

Following issues with website, Produce Safety and Preventative Control rules open an additional week for comments.

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).

In light of the criminal charges against cantaloupe grower Jensen Farms, all growers need to take stock of their food safety plans.

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.

Farmers can set the record straight and take the fear factor out of food consumption.

Charged with misdemeanors for allowing contaminated cantaloupes to enter the food supply, brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen of […]

Real-life farm examples needed by Nov. 15 deadline.

Greenhouse-grown butter lettuce from Salinas, CA-based Tanimura & Antle has been independently certified as “Pesticide Residue Free.” Lettuce […]

Scott Horsfall, the chief executive officer of the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA), says that […]

With the deadline for commenting on the Produce Safety Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act nearing, Dr. […]

The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) at the University of California, Davis, announced last week 16 new grant […]

In a recent blog post in the Food Poison Journal, William Marler, a leading foodborne illness attorney, agrees […]

“These are strange times we live in.â€� That expression was uttered more than once in the last two […]

Who in the produce and agricultural communities could not regret 2011’s listeria outbreak in cantaloupe and subsequent loss […]

Brothers Eric and Ryan Jensen of Jensen Farms were charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Denver, CO, […]

The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA) hosted its 70th Annual Convention in Amelia Island tackling the hot […]