Salinas Produce Firm Unveils New Food Safety Rules as Scientists Search for Way to Eliminate E.coli
According to company officials, the new guidelines include several major changes, including crop setback distances, crop procedures in flood-prone areas and...
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Minding food safety in your produce purchase
With health and freshness two of the major forces driving menus today, produce is top on operators’ purchase orders. Indeed, restaurants have been making a big effort to put more fruits and vegetables on the plate. But this effort hit a roadblock with recent E.coli scares and salmonella outbreaks. As a result, food safety has become the priority for suppliers and buyers of fresh produce.