Tag: food safety
Produce purchases lag behind other groceries
- Analysis
As often happens, information educates, and too much information confuses. Probably the best approach is to follow the instructions of local authorities and stay centered. Virtue is sometimes said to be a mean between two extremes.
Plastic in produce gets a pass – for now
- Featured
In my reporting, I’ve advocated for plastic when it serves a function. And right now, that function is reassuring consumers that their food is safe.
Consumers need reminders that COVID-19 isn’t transmitted by food
- General News
It’s important for the produce industry and its advocates to tell and remind consumers that COVID-19 is not transmitted via fresh produce nor its packaging.
Korean mushrooms recalled due to Listeria
- General NewsThe Food and Drug Administration released this information March 18, 2020: On March 9, 2020, Sun …
FDA: Food Safety and the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
- General NewsThe Food and Drug Administration released this information March 17, 2020: The following are resources available …
Leafy Greens: the fourth-wash dilemma
- Featured
Solve this dilemma in my household: do you wash your packaged greens?
Bean sprout outbreak expands to Sobeys vegetable mixes
- General News
To eliminate any potential risk to our customers, these products were removed from our store shelves across the country effective March 11, 2020.
Coronavirus doesn’t change produce washing rules
- General News
Consumers should wash their hands in soap and water and wash their fruits and vegetables in water. Same as before the Wuhan virus or coronavirus COVID-19 has spread worldwide.
Salinas moves forward from Romaine outbreaks
- General NewsUntil recently, lettuce, for most Americans, meant iceberg: there was no other kind. As recently as …
Dole recalls salad due to undeclared allergens
- General NewsMONTEREY, CA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. BB #:114768 is initiating a limited voluntary Recall of the …