Tomorrow, Western Growers will host an in-person discussion in Salinas, California, on Appendix C of the LGMA-approved metrics. During the meeting, attendees will receive an in-depth overview of Appendix C and also have the opportunity to raise questions and learn about new resources available to the industry. To attend, RSVP to Scott Nichols at [email protected]. ...
On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and STOP Foodborne Illness will be holding their first webinar in a new series on food safety culture. Food safety culture is a journey and learning opportunity for both small to large-scale businesses, the regulatory community and consumers. In support of the FDA’s New ...
In its annual Pesticide Residue Monitoring Program Report for FY 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shared that the levels of pesticide residues in the U.S. food supply are generally in compliance with established standards, as they have over the past eight years. The FDA tested for 812 pesticides and industrial chemicals across 4,692 ...
A free webinar supported by the Specialty Crop Research Initiative 2020 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture will be held on Nov. 4, entitled “Adjacent Land Use: Done Talking About It? Ready To Do Something?” Dr. Trevor Suslow, Extension Research Specialist Emeritus at the University of California, Davis Department of Plant Sciences, ...
On October 20, 2021, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) posted a Food Safety Alert for a Salmonella outbreak linked to onions. The CDC and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) epidemiologic and traceback data shows that illnesses in this outbreak are linked to whole red, white and yellow onions imported from Chihuahua, Mexico. ...