Search Results for: Food Safety Modernization Act
Produce handlers: wash your hands with soap and water
The single most important thing produce growers, pickers and handlers can do to prevent the spread of foodborne illness is wash their hands. It can re... READ MORE »
California Avocado Commission releases guide to FSMA
The California Avocado Commission has published a synopsis of new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations as a guide for California avocado g... READ MORE »
2016 SE Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference reaches record attendance
The 2016 SE Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference and Tradeshow announced it welcomed more than 3,500 members of the fruit and vegetable industry ... READ MORE »
FDA announces available funding for education under FSMA
The FDA announced two opportunities for funding, in the form of cooperative agreements, to enhance food safety under the FDA Food Safety Modernization... READ MORE »
USDA’s GroupGAP program set to launch this spring
GroupGap, a new certification option for USDA’s Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) audit program, is designed to make GAP certification... READ MORE »
Continental Fresh adds traceability labels to products
Continental Fresh LLC, a leading importer of offshore produce based in Coconut Grove, Fla., announced that it has fully implemented a case-level label... READ MORE »
Projects follow salmonella’s route through irrigation water
A pair of research projects that focus on salmonella and its relationship to irrigation water are designed to help Southeastern producers better under... READ MORE »
Webinars will discuss trio of FSMA final rules
Produce industry members will have an opportunity to interact with FDA and ask questions about three final Food Safety Modernization Act rules and the... READ MORE »
Trio of final FSMA rules sent for publication in Federal Register
FDA has submitted the final produce safety, foreign supplier verification and third party accreditation rules of the Food Safety Modernization Act to ... READ MORE »
USDA nixes national leafy greens proposal, eVGN December 2013
USDA terminated a proposed national leafy greens marketing agreement on Dec. 5. The national agreement was first proposed in 2009 by industry groups a... READ MORE »
