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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Food Safety”
After a summer of troubling headlines, the largest Cyclospora outbreak in U.S. history has been declared over by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). There were nearly 13,000 reported Cyclospora cases in the multistate outbreak. CDC announced on Sept. 11 that the agency was confident any affected produce was now off the market and had moved through the …
This spring a multistate outbreak of Salmonella (Salmonella Africana and Salmonella Braenderup) occurred, and the ensuing investigation indicated that the illnesses were potentially linked to cucumbers. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported their finding on July 2. The investigation update named a Florida grower as a possible source of illness for this outbreak. …
By Clint Thompson Sometimes one bad apple can spoil a bunch. For a specialty crop producer, it can mean their livelihood. Proper sanitation and documentation are essential management practices to the long-term sustainability of a farming operation. Growers need to regularly clean their packinghouse equipment while maintaining adequate records. This can prevent the recall of a large amount of produce, …
