food safety
Fresh Express donates additional $500K to fund produce safety research
Value-added salad leader Fresh Express has contributed $500,000 to Center for Produce Safety’s current capital campaign to fund fresh produce food-s... continue reading »
Microbiologists to study biofilms guarding Listeria
Microbiologists in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences have received a $605,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to study how... continue reading »
Grower-Shipper Association appoints officers, board members
The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) recently appointed Victor Ramirez of NorCal Harvesting as its new vice-chair and Greg Beach... continue reading »
FDA takes steps to limit lead in juice
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued draft action levels for lead in single-strength (ready to drink) apple juice and other single-strengt... continue reading »
Coalition letter urges changes to FDA regarding food regulation
A coalition of food industry groups and consumer/public health groups have sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf urging the agency to br... continue reading »
Fecal contamination detection system being studied
Mohit Verma, Ph.D., with Purdue University, is leading efforts to develop a low-cost portable paper-based tool that can produce results of potential m... continue reading »
Food safety gets smarter
Driven by ever-strict safety regulations and the need for traceability across the supply chain, food manufacturers are increasingly turning to inspect... continue reading »
FDA to hold Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan webinar on April 13
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a webinar at 2 p.m. April 13, on the Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan that the agen... continue reading »
FDA will not enforce five provisions of FSMA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued guidance March 11 on its intent not to enforce certain provisions of five rules that implement the ... continue reading »
Solutions to cleaning drain valves
Drain valves comprise up to 20% of all valves in a typical processing plant. However, cleaning them is costly, difficult and time-consuming due to lon... continue reading »
