The controlled environment agriculture (CEA) Food Safety Coalition recently announced the first-ever food safety certification program specifically for leafy greens grown indoors.
An interview with Mabel Gil, Ph.D., a senior researcher in the Food Science and Technology Department at the Spanish National Research Council, describes the use of chlorine dioxide as a chemical disinfectant for fresh produce and its applications for the juice industry.
To curb leafy greens-related outbreaks, pilot studies were undertaken to identify how to improve food safety throughout the supply chain. Here’s what we learned.
I recall sitting in the office one day in the fall of 2018 when I received a call from a reporter who informed me that there had been a further outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 linked to romaine lettuce. After an initial response of “oh, no,” the reporter asked why do we continue to have outbreaks linked to lettuce?
Six industry organizations have released a report outlining 4 months of leafy green traceability pilots in response to a request by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for improved traceability in the food system.
Traceability can be viewed from the perspectives of record keeping, the physical commingling of product, and the challenges when several foods are vehicles for a common source of contamination.
The challenge with all of these fresh-cut, RTE products is that they were not getting any processing step required to eliminate the hazards that may exist on the raw materials.
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