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Home » Keywords: » Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA)

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Arizona, California LGMA’s New Environmental Risk Assessment Tool Helps Leafy Greens Farmers

September 13, 2023

The Arizona and California Leafy Greens Marketing Association (LGMA) recently made available a new food safety tool to help growers and shippers assess risk in the crop production environment.


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California LGMA’s “Romaine Test and Learn” Will Collect Members’ Pathogen Testing Data to Improve Microbial Food Safety Knowledge

July 11, 2023

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) has announced its Romaine Test and Learn initiative, a two-year food safety study commencing in October 2023, which will leverage LGMA members’ individual testing data to elicit meaningful, aggregated information to better understand potential microbial risks to leafy greens food safety.


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Arizona LGMA Updates Food Safety Standards for 2022–2023 Growing Season

September 20, 2022

The Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (Arizona LGMA) Food Safety Committee has approved multiple changes to its food safety standards for the 2022–2023 growing season.


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Canada Restricts U.S. Romaine Lettuce Imports, Cites E. coli Concerns

July 27, 2022

Due to concerns about Escherichia coli O157:H7 contamination, The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA) has implemented temporary Safe Food for Canadians (SFC) license conditions for romaine lettuce imports from the U.S., specifically California’s Salinas Valley.


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California LGMA Continues to Discuss the ‘Why’ Behind Food Safety

June 29, 2022

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) and Stop Foodborne Illness have updated their renowned training video, The Why Behind Food Safety, nearly a decade after its original release.


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FSS 2022: Improving Communication between Industry and Regulators

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Adrienne Blume, M.A.
May 10, 2022

During a Tuesday afternoon workshop of the 2022 Food Safety Summit, regulators and the regulated industry shared suggestions for how to better communicate together and meet regulated requirements while maintaining a sensible level of operational necessity.


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FDA Will Not Conduct Sampling of Leafy Greens in Salinas Valley In 2022

FDA Will Not Conduct Sampling of Leafy Greens in Salinas Valley in 2022

March 10, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will not continue its broad sampling process after imposing it during the 2021 growing season.


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Arizona and California LGMAs ‘Meet and Exceed’ FDA’s New Water Rule

December 10, 2021

Arizona and California Leafy Green Marketing Agreements (LGMA) say they already meet and exceed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) new water rule.



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California LGMA Board Recommends Preharvest Testing to Reduce Foodborne Illness Outbreaks

May 5, 2021

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) board has recommended new preharvest testing guidance for leafy greens.


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You Can’t Change the Future by Always Looking at the Past

Ongoing food safety issues with leafy greens
Keith Warriner Ph.D.
January 15, 2021

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? 


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