Both the Board and staff of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement are pleased to announce current LGMA officers have been re-elected to serve a second term. While the official term for LGMA...
I’ve now attended two of the three public meetings hosted by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in Washington DC and Portland, Oregon. At both of these meetings, and a third sandwiched...
I am very pleased to be representing the California leafy greens industry by providing testimony at the first of three public meetings held by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to gather input...
Since the proposed Produce Safety Rule was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in early January, many concerns about the lack of necessary funding to implement this important legislation...
For members of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, nothing is more important than producing a safe product. After all, our farmers’ families eat what they grow too. The desire to...
As part of the recent Produce Marketing Association Fresh Summit Convention in Anaheim, CA the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement launched a movement to put food safety first. During a...
Occasionally, the LGMA has the opportunity to present the leafy greens’ food safety program to regulators and elected officials. These are important opportunities to showcase the work our growers and...
As a tool for protecting public health, produce recalls can be an important part of the food safety system in the United States. But product recalls, including those associated with leafy greens,...
It’s not very often a research seminar leaves you with a feeling that could be described as heartwarming. But the Center for Produce Safety’s 3rd Annual Produce Research Symposium held at UC...
Last night CNN Presents featured a story to update viewers about the listeria outbreak associated with Jensen Farms cantaloupe which occurred last fall. The full story is not available on-line yet,...