Thousands from the Northern San Joaquin Valley expected to demonstrate at the state capitol to call attention to plan that would flood premium farmland.
The multistate outbreak of the Cyclosporiasis parasite adds to public anxiety around romaine lettuce, which was at the center of other foodborne illnesses recently.
Trevor Suslow, the chief of the Postharvest Technology Center at the University of California, Davis, has been chosen Vice President of Food Safety for the Produce Marketing Association.