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Global food prices hit record high
Food prices hit a record high last month, surpassing the levels seen during the 2007-08 crisis, the UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation said on We... continue reading »
Obama signs $1.4B food safety measure
President Barack Obama signed into law Tuesday new food safety regulations that are the biggest change to industry oversight in more than 70 years as ... continue reading »
New food safety bill’s likely billion dollar impact on produce industry
Federal legislators have passed new reform for produce distributed throughout the United States. Some provisions in the bill are meant to limit the ex... continue reading »
CDC reports 1 in 6 sickened by foodborne illness each year
About 48 million people (one in six Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according new esti... continue reading »
FDA, USDA, Cornell University announce alliance for produce safety
A public-private organization will provide produce growers and packagers with fundamental, on-farm food safety knowledge, in advance of a proposed p... continue reading »
Fresh-cut plant ordered closed after listeria outbreak
The Texas Department of State Health Services in late October ordered Sangar Fresh Cut Produce in San Antonio to stop processing food and recall all... continue reading »
FMI announces new food safety center
The Food Marketing Institute (FMI) has established The Center of Excellence for Food Safety and Protection. The center will serve as a comprehensive r... continue reading »
Chlorine stabilizer shows promise in wash environment
Chlorine is a commonly used tool of the fresh-cut produce industry to prevent cross-contamination in the wash flume. But a high organic load, as is co... continue reading »
$50 million in carrots down the drain
One of the nation's largest carrot producers claims it suffered $20 million in damages after using an Ecolab food sanitizer that decreased - rather th... continue reading »
President Obama signs child nutrition bill, a priority for first lady
Michelle Obama can check off a top priority on her to-do list: The child nutrition bill was signed into law by her husband Monday morning, capping mon... continue reading »
