food safety
USDA updates Harmonized GAP standards
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is updating the Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and GAP Plus+ audit standards and has scheduled a... more »
Produce Traceability Initiative adds FSMA guidance
The Produce Traceability Initiative has updated its website to include traceability information related to the Food Traceability List. In November ... more »
$3.5 million grant aids organic growers in food safety efforts
The University of Rhode Island and The Organic Center, along with co-investigators from three other universities, were recently awarded a $3.5 million... more »
Kentucky conference features production, marketing experts
Registration for the Kentucky Fruit & Vegetable Conference is open. The event is Jan. 3-4, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with pre-conference even... more »
ReposiTrak’s Traceability Network expands
ReposiTrak, operating the world’s largest food supply chain network of retailers, wholesalers and suppliers, has hit another milestone following the... more »
The Organic Center to research food safety, climate, pest issues
The USDA’s Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) research program is awarding The Organic Center almost $900,000 for four new... more »
LGMA adds Western Growers’ food safety data sharing initiative
Members of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) plan to adopt Western Growers' proprietary GreenLink data sharing platform to collec... more »
Traceability solution offered by iFoodDS, IBM
IFoodDS and IBM are collaborating on a tech-enabled traceability solution to help companies across the food supply chain address the FDA's Food Tracea... more »
