Food Safety
CDC declares Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes ‘over’
The deadly Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes is finally over, the CDC announced Thursday. Health officials presented their "final update" of the near... continue reading »
Cool Creations
The past two decades have seen exceptional growth for C&C Produce. Sales have risen every year they have been in business, and the customer base h... continue reading »
FDA On-Farm Inspections
The Food Safety Modernization Act has tasked FDA with improving the food safety of the U.S. food supply, and imported food products are a focus for th... continue reading »
Center for Produce Safety announces cantaloupe food safety course
In light of the recent outbreak of Listeria in cantaloupe, the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) announced it will be sponsoring an industry event on Ja... continue reading »
Death toll from listeria outbreak rises to 28
The death toll linked to listeria-contaminated cantaloupes in the United States has climbed to 28, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said... continue reading »
Sanitation issues in packhouse led to cantaloupe listeria outbreak, FDA says
Unsanitary conditions at a Colorado cantaloupe farm's packing facility are a possible contributing cause of one of the nation's worst outbreaks of lis... continue reading »
Taylor Farms voluntarily recalls salads over potential salmonella
Taylor Farms Retail Inc. has issued a voluntary, precautionary recall of 3,265 cases of various salad blends with the potential to be contaminated wit... continue reading »
PMA names Impact Award winners
Mike O'Brien, vice president of produce and floral for Schnuck Markets and past chairman of the Produce Marketing Association, announced the winners o... continue reading »
Detecting Bacteria in the Field
Recent foodborne illness outbreaks and new estimates on foodborne disease illness from the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention or CDC could poss... continue reading »
Titan Farms Stone Fruit
Last year, Fresh Cut featured the research done by Fruit Dynamics to develop a fresh-cut peach and nectarine program. Since then, South Carolina's Tit... continue reading »
