Jul 21, 2008 12:50 PM
Western Growers’ President and CEO Tom Nassif sent a letter on July 16 to Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Andrew von Eschenbach urging him to make a strong public announcement that all tomatoes grown in the United States, regardless of variety, are safe to eat....
Jul 21, 2008 11:06 AM
The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh market vegetables during the summer quarter is forecast to be 282,400 acres, down 6 percent from last year....
Jul 17, 2008 10:29 AM
A novel food safety treatment tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could become an asset to the fast-growing fresh-cut produce industry....
Jul 8, 2008 9:52 AM
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are studying new sanitizing methods to enhance the safety of leafy greens — technology that may result in safer salads....
Jul 3, 2008 12:30 PM
Western Growers is urging the House Committee on Agriculture to hold hearings as soon as possible on the salmonella outbreak that has been associated with fresh, red round, roma and plum tomatoes....
Jul 3, 2008 12:26 PM, By Marcia Wood
ARS News Service
No one knows exactly how microbes like Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella enterica can attach themselves to the bumpy leaves of a cabbage or the ultra-fine root hairs of a tender young alfalfa sprout....
Jun 30, 2008 10:04 AM, By Marcia Wood
Agricultural Research Service, USDA
Knowing the preferences of foodborne pathogens such as Escherichia coli O157:H7 is essential to a successful counterattack on these microbes. ...
News from the Farm Bill2009 California farm bill priorities topic at Aug. 4 meetingJul 24, 2008 10:08 AM The 2008 farm bill (Food Conservation and Energy Act of 2008) became law on May 22, and included a strong conservation component that translates into millions of dollars in technical and financial assistance for California farmers, ranchers, forest managers and organizations to protect natural resources on private lands.... Buy-in waiver for supplemental agricultural disaster assistance program underway in new farm billJul 15, 2008 10:14 AM Alan Nulliner, executive director for USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Arizona, announced on July 11 that the agency will allow producers who would otherwise be ineligible for the new disaster assistance programs to become eligible by paying a fee as required by the 2008 farm bill.... USDA begins sending out advance direct payments for 2008Jul 9, 2008 11:14 AM Farmers have begun receiving $1.15 billion in direct payments for the 2008 crop year, USDA officials announced. ... Eligibility of spouse easier under new farm billJun 30, 2008 10:08 AM, By Elton Robinson While the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 eliminates the three-entity rule for farmers, it also makes it easier for a spouse to become eligible for payments. ... |
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