Tag: center for produce safety

The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) ­has funded 14 new research projects, valued at just over $3.3 million, to help answer industry's most urgent produce food safety questions.

The attack on Listeria continues at the Center for Produce Safety’s virtual Research Symposium.

The produce industry’s scientific community has targeted Listeria for more study, since that pathogen has targeted the produce industry so directly the past few years.

Matt Miles, facilities manager for Allan Bros. Inc., Naches, WA, says once you accept that listeria could be anywhere in a packinghouse, you can work to systematically eliminate it.

he Center for Produce Safety (CPS) has funded its first-ever research project to study the effectiveness of various agricultural water treatments, awarding $200,000 to a team led by University of Arizona's Channah Rock, Ph.D.

Most recent research into the use of compost and manure on produce farms focuses on increased food safety risks from the potential contributions to foodborne pathogens.

Produce and retail industry leaders have generally agreed not to compete with each other on food safety. But there are still outbreaks and missteps.

The Center for Produce Safety recently funded 11 new research projects to the tune of $3 million. Greg Johnson, director of media development talked with George Nikolich, vice president of technical operations for Gerawan Farming, a member of the CPS Technical Committee, about the purpose of these new grants.