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Good Agricultural Practices comprise a prerequisite program that can be used to manage food safety risks in the field and during transport to packing environments.

If the food safety standards and audit checklists are harmonized across the different audit groups, that should make it easier for customers to compare, and accept, audit results.  

Edith Garrett, a fresh produce industry insider, discusses the challenges facing the produce industry.  

For produce producer Earthbound Farm, food safety begins in the field.

An interview with James Gorny reveals the current challenges to the fresh-cut produce industry.  

A discussion of FDA’s obesity initiative, focusing on nutritional content and labeling is presented.

Good Agricultural Practices are a logical extension of Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points into the fresh produce industry.

The goal of the food safety initiative is to improve food safety and reduce the incidence of foodborne illness to the greatest extent feasible.