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Field Reports

Organic produce packer tightens security to reduce risk

4Earth Farms enhanced plant security to restrict entry to only authorized personnel

August 13, 2020

4Earth Farms added access controls at all doors and access points, along with security cameras for surveillance.

Regulatory Watch

FDA seeks treatments for pre-harvest agriculture water

Companies can follow the agency’s testing protocol to find out if products inactivate pathogens

Sharon Spielman

August 12, 2020

The FDA has announced a new protocol for the development and registration of antimicrobial treatments for pre-harvest agricultural water, developed through a collaboration with the EPA.

Packaging

Packaging insert extends avocado shelf life

Mission Produce avocados stay fresh about three days longer with Avolast technology

Rose Shilling

August 10, 2020

A new quarter-sized packaging insert is keeping Mission Produce Inc. avocados fresh longer.

Food Safety

Avoid these prepared foods with onions recalled in salmonella outbreak

Expanded warnings issued against variety of salads and fresh packaged items at Giant Eagle, Kroger, Walmart

Rose Shilling

August 6, 2020

Recalls and health alerts about onions likely linked to a salmonella outbreak are expanding to include various fresh salads, snack packs and diced vegetables.

Recalled onions from Thomson International

Food Safety

FDA: Onions are likely source of salmonella outbreak

Health officials say red onions are to blame, but more varieties recalled in case of cross-contamination

Rose Shilling

August 3, 2020

Health investigators warn against eating red, white, yellow and sweet onions from Thomson International Inc. because of a salmonella outbreak that's shown up in two-thirds of states.

Regulatory Watch

FDA outlines steps to help prevent recurring Salmonella outbreaks linked to papayas

Federal regulators issue second letter to papaya growers and others in the industry

Sharon Spielman

July 29, 2020

The FDA has issued a second letter to papaya growers, harvesters, packers, distributors, exporters, importers and retailers outlining a series of steps to help prevent recurring outbreaks of Salmonella linked to papayas.

Food Safety

Fresh Express recalls more bagged salads in cyclospora outbreak

Investigators: Vegetables from an Illinois plant are likely cause of infections

Rose Shilling

June 30, 2020

Fresh Express expanded its bagged salad recall to include many lettuce mixes and coleslaw with iceberg lettuce, red cabbage or carrot that investigators say are the likely cause of a cyclospora outbreak.

Food Safety

6-state cyclospora outbreak linked to bagged salad

FDA conducting traceback on garden salad packages sold in Midwest

Rose Shilling

June 22, 2020

An outbreak of cyclospora in six Midwestern states likely came from store brand bagged salads with iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and carrot sold at several grocery chains, the FDA says.

FDA publishes findings associated with 2019 leafy greens outbreak

Sharon Spielman

May 21, 2020

In an update released by the FDA, the agency has published the findings of an investigation into the contamination of romaine lettuce implicated in three outbreaks of E. coli O157:H7 during Fall 2019.