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In a new peer-reviewed paper, experts emphasized the need for a paradigm shift in how the entire frozen berry supply chain can manage enteric virus safety, shifting from reliance on detection to a focus on prevention strategies.

The 2025 Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Symposium offered practical solutions for growers, packers, and food safety professionals, based on findings from new research and emerging technologies aimed at strengthening produce safety across the supply chain.

This article discusses the development of low-cost, user-friendly biosensors to improve food safety in produce.

This episode of Food Safety Five discusses a new study that leverages a novel quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) model that suggests that half of E. coli O157:H7 illnesses linked to romaine lettuce are caused by contamination via untreated overhead irrigation water.

England saw a 26 percent rise in Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) infections from 2023 to 2024, and non-O157 STEC cases tripled since 2019. These trends may be driven by one foodborne illness outbreak involving contaminated salad leaves.

The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) is reorganizing its organizational structure to enhance and amplify its produce safety and food safety regulatory goals.

Western Growers and FDA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to improve fresh produce safety and prevent foodborne illnesses through a new data-sharing framework. The MOU is aligned with the Reagan-Udall Foundation’s recently published Roadmap to Produce Safety report.

The Reagan-Udall Foundation for FDA has published a report based on months of stakeholder dialogues, titled, the Roadmap to Produce Safety, which provides recommendations for a private sector-led collaborative to improve U.S. produce safety.

Using a newly developed quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) model, researchers have identified interventions along the U.S. romaine lettuce supply chain that would most effectively reduce E. coli contamination. The QMRA is publicly available for use.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has published a report that investigates the occurrence of 21 active substances frequently detected on organic products that are approved for use in plant protection products, but are not allowed in organic food production.