New Study Takes a Hard Look at What Should Guide Food Safety

As the CEA industry moves forward, adoption and retention of high food safety standards will be essential to consumer confidence and trust.

CDC investigation notice links cucumbers with outbreak of nearly 200 cases of Salmonella across multiple states.

FDA and Centers for Disease Control probing for connections in foodborne illness case that has sickened scores of people.

The Listeria outbreak is currently linked to an Illinois Fresh Express facility.

Learn more about a $2.4 million grant received by Texas A&M from USDA to improve specialty crop safety and water efficiency.

Such investigations can often lead to increased efficiency, quality, and safety.

Investigators say restaurant condiment cup that held onions, cilantro, and lime tested positive.

Buurma Farms and Dole Fresh Vegetables separately issued recalls for E. coli contamination.

Walmart issued a voluntary recall for potentially listeria-contaminated watermelon. Just a couple days later, Michigan-based retail Meijer and Arizona-based distributor Eagle Produce recalled cantaloupes due to possible Salmonella.

Two-pound bags supplied by Wawona Packing Co. voluntarily removed from shelves of Aldi stores in up to 20 states due to possible contamination.

Find out what the California and Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement are doing to help prevent another significant E. coli outbreak. 

FDA declares the food safety outbreaks are over.

Government agencies update number of reported illnesses in E. coli outbreak tied to lettuce grown in California’s Salinas Valley.

How well you control free-roaming animals can make the difference between food safety and food disaster. We asked an expert for advice.

Food safety scares — no matter where they take place — affect an entire industry sector.

After calling for those in the U.S. food chain to destroy all romaine lettuce last week, FDA and […]

After the leafy greens industry took extensive steps to prevent another outbreak following last spring’s deadly Yuma-AZ-linked romaine E. coli scare, the CDC announced a new multistate outbreak is occurring. 

Government agency outlines a number of improvements, similar to what the LGMA is recommending.

This spring’s romaine lettuce outbreak illustrates questions that still must be addressed in the quest for a safe food system.