Items Tagged with 'leafy greens'

The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to have growers of leafy greens and other fruits and vegetables conduct “comprehensive assessments” of pre-harvest agricultural water, replacing the current requirement in FDA's 2015 Produce Safety Rule for microbial water quality testing.

California farmers grow the vast majority of lettuce for the country, though in recent years the number of acres planted has declined and the salad staple has dropped from consistently the number 2 crop in California (by value) at the start of the century to number 5 in 2018 and 2019.

Members of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement have backed a pre-harvest testing protocol aimed at preventing foodborne illness outbreaks commonly associated with production near animals.

An Agri-Pulse analysis shows that the Trump administration's Coronavirus Food Assistance Program payments were distributed more widely than traditional forms of government assistance although larger farms continue to receive the big share of the money.

A recent pilot project showed some data gaps and offered suggestions to the Food and Drug Administration for improving traceability in the food system.

Shakeup at Water Commission * Dems propose Black farmer land grants

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

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.

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