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Do you know what’s in your water? Proposed regs put responsibility on growers
Federal regulators have softened some proposed restrictions to farming practices in the name of food safety, but the Yakima Valley’s tree fruit industry officials say the proposal is still too much....
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As always, more research required: Study analyzes tomato production practices
Doug Ohlemeier of The Packer writes that tomato production practices don’t significantly affect bacteria levels and the study’s results point to the need for additional research, according to...
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Irrigation water and produce safety
Back before there was youtube, we started videoing my friend, Jeff Wilson, about farming stuff. We knew irrigation water was an issue, but it was one most didn’t want to talk about. Researchers at...
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Irrigation water, produce and pathogens
The microbiological sanitary quality and safety of leafy greens and strawberries were assessed in the primary production in Belgium, Brazil, Egypt, Norway and Spain by enumeration of Escherichia coli...
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Irrigation water safety in Penn.
Recent produce-associated foodborne illness outbreaks have been attributed to contaminated irrigation water. This study examined microbial levels in Pennsylvania surface waters used for irrigation,...
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Know thy water: If it’s dry, I’m gonna water rather than lose a crop
Foodborne disease outbreaks associated with fresh produce irrigated with contaminated water are a constant threat to consumer health. In this study, the impact of irrigation water on product safety...
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You got water problems? These are water problems: Food production in arid...
Climate change is one of the major challenges of our time that pose unprecedented stress to the environment and threats to human health. The global impacts of climate change are vast, spanning from...
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Money talks: Safety interventions in Dutch vegetable production
Surveys still suck, but the results of this one generally correlate to what we have found doing 20 years of on-farm food safety with fresh produce growers. Outbreaks and crisis drive grower food safety...
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From the duh files: How well do you understand irrigation water risk management?
Doug Grant of The Packer writes food safety outbreaks have a massive effect not only on growers, but on all stakeholders throughout the fresh produce supply chain. Irrigation water has been identified...
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1442 sick: Salmonella in red onions
Chapman and I went on a road tour of farms and processing plants in 2000, and I remember one dude saying we blanch all the produce except onions because they’ve never had an outbreak. Ahem. According...
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