Tag: food safety

The products were sold under the Mann Packing and Del Monte labels, as well as private labels for Trader Joe's, Walmart, Safeway, Albertsons, Sobey's and more across the U.S. and Canada.

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.

It’s that time of year again. It’s time for me to get up on my soapbox and remind you that people have died from eating candied apples stored at room temperature.

The new Food Safety Dashboard launched today is part of FDA-TRACK, which is one tool the FDA uses to monitor certain FDA programs through key performance measures and projects, and regularly updates to ensure transparency to the public.

With this week’s release of the Task Force Report, we share with the industry and all concerned powerful recommendations that we believe can help protect public health and reduce the impact of outbreaks on our industry if and when they do occur. 

The three-part program focused on developing the next generation of produce safety professionals.