United Fresh Focusing On Food Safety By Growing Produce Staff|January 25, 2010 The new Food Safety and Research Demo Center will join last year’s successful Traceability Demo Center (expanded this […]Read More
What George Washington Can Teach Today’s Farmers About Recordkeeping By Kevin Burkett, Clemson University|July 4, 2026
A Traceability Solution By Laura Drotleff|December 1, 2009 Time is running out. Small growers have an opportunity to buy into a very inexpensive traceability solution as […]
Recommended Guidelines For Food Product Tracing By Growing Produce Staff|November 17, 2009 The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) delivered to the Food & Drug Administration a new technical study that […]
Traceability Options For Small Growers By Laura Drotleff|November 10, 2009 Small growers can buy into a very inexpensive traceability solution as charter members from now through the end […]
N.C. MarketReady Releases Fresh Produce Safety Training Curriculum By Growing Produce Staff|November 10, 2009 North Carolina Cooperative Extension is helping fruit and vegetable farmers across the state minimize fresh produce safety risks […]
Produce Industry Committed to Food Safety, Says United President At Senate Hearing By Growing Produce Staff|October 23, 2009 United Fresh Produce Association President and CEO Tom Stenzel reiterated the produce industry’s support for strong commodity-specific food […]
Congress Passes Legislation To Fund Food Safety Training By Growing Produce Staff|October 15, 2009 Congress passed legislation that includes $1 million for The International Food Protection Training Institute (IFPTI) to train state […]
PMA And United Fresh Respond To Riskiest Foods List By Growing Produce Staff|October 9, 2009 The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) earlier this week released a list of the Top […]
Federal Agencies Unite To Write Food Safety Rules By Growing Produce Staff|October 8, 2009 USDA’s fresh produce chief will join FDA to help develop new food safety rules as part of a […]
Growers’ Food Safety Costs Doubled By Growing Produce Staff|September 22, 2009 Seasonal food-safety costs for California leafy greens growers more than doubled in the year after the September 2006 […]
Global Produce Traceability Campaign Launched By Growing Produce Staff|September 3, 2009 In an effort to bolster fresh produce traceability on a global scale, the global supply chain standards body, […]
Salmonella Find Prompts Green Onion Recall By Growing Produce Staff|August 31, 2009 As a result of routine testing, the USDA has found a positive result for salmonella on iceless green […]
Salmonella Fear Prompts Recall Of 772 Cartons Of Onions By Growing Produce Staff|August 18, 2009 NewStar Farm Fresh Foods voluntarily recalled 772 cartons of iced jumbo green onions after salmonella was detected in […]
FDA Releases Draft Food Safety Guidance By Growing Produce Staff|August 5, 2009 FDA recently made public draft, commodity-specific food safety guidance for tomatoes, melons, and leafy greens. The guidance is […]
Food Safety, Again By Rosemary Gordon|August 4, 2009 It started back in 2006, when E. coli was found in bags of spinach. You know the rest of […]
Washington State Launching Food Safety Program By David Eddy|August 1, 2009 Two issues have emerged in recent years that are of increasing concern to fruit growers: food safety and […]
House Approves New Food Safety Legislation By Growing Produce Staff|July 31, 2009 The House of Representatives Thursday passed legislation to require more frequent inspections of processing plants and to give […]
Food Safety Bill Fails In House By Growing Produce Staff|July 29, 2009 Food safety legislation (H.R. 2749, Dingell-Waxman bill) failed to secure a two-thirds majority needed to pass a parliamentary […]
Crops, Ponds, Wildlife Habitat Destroyed In Quest For Food Safety By Growing Produce Staff|July 13, 2009 California growers, acting on the orders of their biggest customers, are draining ponds and plowing under natural wildlife […]
New Food Safety Plan Includes Industry Recommendations By Growing Produce Staff|July 8, 2009 Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius […]
