Search Results for: Food Safety Modernization Act

Growers need help picking strawberries, eVGN May 2014

There are certain policies that every farm worker needs to know. Whether it is the proper way to wash their hands or where the first aid kit is, you u... READ MORE »

FDA holding public meeting on FSMA Preventive Controls rules

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today a public meeting to offer the opportunity for discussion on the recently finalized rules on prev... READ MORE »

FDA sends preventive controls rule for Federal Register publication

In compliance with a court deadline, the FDA has submitted the final preventive controls rules for the Food Safety Modernization Act to the Federal Re... READ MORE »

PMA responds to FDA’s proposed VQIP

Produce Marketing Association submitted written comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration regarding their proposed Voluntary Qualified Importe... READ MORE »

High Performance Management Conference scheduled for September

Now in its third year, Produce Marketing Association Foundation for Industry Talent's (PMA Foundation) High Performance Management Conference (HPMC) o... READ MORE »

FSMA compliance does not guarantee passage of a GAP audit

Many fresh produce growers are beginning to reckon with the issues posed by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This most sweeping piece of legi... READ MORE »

Record turnout for SE Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference

More than 3,200 members of the fruit and vegetable industry were in Savannah, Georgia Jan. 8-11 to attend the 2015 SE Regional Fruit & Vegetable C... READ MORE »

Targeted breeding aids vegetable seeds

Meeting market demand in a more efficient and profitable manner could be accelerated for plant breeders, seed companies and commercial vegetable growe... READ MORE »

FDA to hold additional public meetings on FSMA Proposed Rules

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced two additional public meetings on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Proposed Rules on For... READ MORE »

National leafy greens agreement still stuck in D.C.

As of press time, the National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (NLGMA) was still in limbo.The last official word was in April 2011, when USDA's Agric... READ MORE »

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