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

Efforts being made on labeling to show where the lettuce is grown so Arizona and Florida growers can still bring their crop to market.

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.

USDA’s Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices Plus+ now at equivalent status.

Some see the shared, cloud-based technology as the answer to rapid, real-time traceability.

The multistate outbreak of the Cyclosporiasis parasite adds to public anxiety around romaine lettuce, which was at the center of other foodborne illnesses recently.

Trevor Suslow, the chief of the Postharvest Technology Center at the University of California, Davis, has been chosen Vice President of Food Safety for the Produce Marketing Association.

Presidential report states that consolidating all food safety responsibility under a single agency will provide more cohesion.

Unlike the recent fatal E. coli outbreak linked to Yuma, AZ-grown romaine, the CDC was able to link the outbreak to a source quickly and issue a recall.

The Centers of Disease Control (CDC) announced four more people have died as a result of the Yuma, AZ-linked E. […]

The Centers of Disease Control (CDC) announced a California resident has died as a result of the Yuma, AZ-linked E. coli O157:H7 outbreak.

A concern for safe food has spurred reporters to dig into the causes and make suggestions on how to ensure it doesn’t happen again. Naturally, some suggestions are stronger than others. Here’s a brief review of what’s being discussed:

The new website is intended to help the state’s growers comply with FSMA and the new federal Produce Safety Rule.

Previously, the warning applied only to chopped romaine, salads, and salad mixes.

For the second time in months, a hard-to-trace E. coli outbreak leads to a widespread ban of romaine lettuce.

U.S. Apple Association calls Environmental Working Group’s reporting ‘inaccurate’ and ‘harmful.’

While the first Food Safety Modernization Act compliance date has arrived, it’s time to get prepared for what the future will be like.