Lgma - Recommendations on romaine, leafy greens soon to move to...
Produce industry leaders say work to review and improve food safety measures for romaine lettuce and other leafy greens is on track and should mostly be wrapped up in March...
View ArticleLgma - E. coli outbreaks may be over, but without a source or root cause for...
It's a rare day when two multistate and one single state outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 are declared over. It's likely even a first-time event, just another in the odyssey that's...
View ArticleLgma - The FDA's latest leafy greens action plan is more of the same
Opinion The FDA's newly released 2020 Leafy Greens STEC Action Plan offers a well-worn list of produce safety agenda items. Like previous agency action plans, this latest plan...
View ArticleLgma - Coronavirus outbreak is not slowing audits of California's leafy greens
The need to keep social distances is not keeping state government auditors from the lettuce fields, according tot the California Leafty Greens Marketing Agreement. It reports...
View ArticleLgma - Publisher's Platform: Captain Obvious - Nearby cow shit can cause E....
This is not meant as a criticism of my friends at the FDA or the good people at LGMA - California and Arizona - or at Western Growers, United Fresh or PMA. But seriously, since...
View ArticleLgma - Pew's Eskin suggests ways to reduce romaine risk from surrounding threats
Outbreaks A, B, and C sickened at least 188 people in 2019 when they ate romaine lettuce contaminated with E Coli O157:H7. The Food and Drug Administration announced on May 21...
View ArticleLgma - Tougher safety provisions added to leafy greens agreements in key states
The Leafy Greens Greens Marketing Agreements in California and Arizona have been amended by their Advisory Boards to require additional safety practices for growing leafy...
View ArticleLgma - E. coli victim's mother says leafy greens industry is working on...
Opinion I was an active advocate for the Food Safety Modernization Act, landmark legislation which was signed into law Jan. 4, 2011, and is now being implemented throughout the...
View ArticleLGMA's York wants to bring pre-harvest testing to leafy greens in California
Analysis Tim York is “passionately focused on food safety,” according to his biography from the California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement. And, maybe that's true. For anyone...
View ArticleLgma - New testing program seeks to shed light on leafy greens outbreaks
The Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will be collecting and testing samples of lettuce grown in California's Salinas Valley from local commercial coolers...
View ArticleLgma - Arizona and California leafy greens organizations say they already...
The Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements in Arizona and California, which exist to promote food safety for lettuce and leafy greens, report that they have conducted an initial...
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