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Daybreak: FDA launches E. coli study in Central Coast

11/20/20 10:39 AM By Brad Hooker

Shakeup at Water Commission * Dems propose Black farmer land grants

LGMA updates required food safety practices for leafy greens

08/26/20 7:05 AM By Sara Wyant

The Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement voted to accept over 50 changes to strengthen food safety practices for the farming of leafy greens.

FDA takes a key step in treating water for preventing foodborne illnesses

07/31/20 2:00 PM By Brad Hooker

FDA and EPA have developed a new protocol to guide companies in registering antimicrobial products for treating water used in farm irrigation systems.

FDA 'Smarter Era of Food Safety' focuses on technology, culture

07/13/20 4:33 PM By Steve Davies

The Food and Drug Administration plans to employ enhanced technology using new data sources to trace food outbreaks to their source, the agency said in a Smarter Era for Food Safety Blueprint released Monday.

Food safety efforts focus on nearby grazing

06/02/20 8:53 AM By Brad Hooker

LGMA has launched a new subcommittee to investigate the role of adjacent lands in outbreaks of foodborne illnesses.

Clues in romaine outbreak point to grazing

05/22/20 9:25 AM By Brad Hooker

Cattle grazing near romaine lettuce fields is “the most likely contributing factor associated with” E. coli outbreaks last fall, says FDA.

New process supports food safety audits

05/20/20 8:15 AM By Sara Wyant

LGMA Partners with Western Growers to Offer Remote Food Safety Audits During Pandemic

Western Growers launches new site to address changes in Leafy Greens Food Safety Guidelines

04/08/20 8:17 AM By Sara Wyant

Western Growers (WG) has developed a website to facilitate changes to the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA)-approved Leafy Green Food Safety Guidelines.

Ready to eat your leafy reds?

01/15/20 6:10 AM By Sara Wyant

USDA developers hope a new red spinach will add more variety and healthy options to your plate while expanding consumption.

Ostroff: Outbreaks a wake-up call to growers

01/23/19 6:25 AM By Philip Brasher

FDA's just-retired top food regulator says the stunning warning that the agency issued about romaine lettuce two days before Thanksgiving was a wake-up call for growers to tighten safety standards and facilitate the tracking of their crops from field to store.

NCBA CEO Colin Woodall

This week’s Open Mic guest is Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. The beef producers have seen their fair share of adversity from the COVID-19 pandemic, but have also seen a resurgence in consumer demand with more meals consumed at home. In this interview, Woodall discusses opportunities for direct marketing to consumers and the need for additional regional processing facilities. Woodall speaks to NCBA’s efforts to increase price discovery in the auction market and addresses reform efforts of the beef checkoff. Woodall says NCBA stands ready to work with the incoming Biden Administration’s regulatory and legislative agenda and is also working on sustainability strategies.

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Washington Week in Review: Nov. 20, 2020: Sen. Pat Roberts

In the same week his portrait that will hang in the Senate Ag Committee hearing room was unveiled, Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., joined Agri-Pulse to reflect on his time as chair of the committee and on lessons learned from a career in farm policy.

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