The greenhouse lettuce grower has promoted Jackie Hawkins to Director of Food Safety & Quality. Hawkins will lead food safety protocols across BrightFarms’ five facilities.
When harvesting produce, it is important that all food contact surfaces are clean and sanitary, especially if that produce may be eaten raw, writes Michigan State University Extension’s Phillip Tocco in a recent post.
Producing a crop in a controlled environment means there’s virtually no threat of wildlife contamination. However, sanitation should still be top of mind.
The sustained growth of the fresh produce industry depends on how it manages market expansion and its continued attentiveness to food safety protocols.
Indoor growers felt the negative effects of the FDA recall, even though their product wasn’t contaminated. Here’s how they reached out quickly to consumers.
Greenhouse Grower reached out to four major indoor growers of leafy greens to ask about what they learned from the E. coli outbreak in romaine lettuce in November.
Food safety scares, such as in the case of the past year’s troubles with E. coli outbreaks in romaine lettuce, continue to cause issues in the food supply. And consumers just aren’t tolerating it anymore.
In the wake of the romaine lettuce recall, Square Roots, a Brooklyn, NY-based vertical farm with famous co-founders, has launched new labeling allowing consumers to access their food’s full backstory with a simple scan.
Following the recent E. coli outbreak on romaine lettuce, indoor leafy greens producers outside the contamination zone implored regulators to narrow ban to specified affected areas.
In light of numerous recent food safety recalls, greenhouse leafy greens producers assure consumers their products are safely grown in a controlled environment.
Greenhouse vegetables are a potentially lucrative market for ornamental growers, but food safety is a constant risk. Here’s a step-by-step plan for addressing food safety concerns.
The FSMA Wizard from Registrar Corp makes it easy for food producers, including greenhouse vegetable growers, to determine their possible requirements under the Food Safety Modernization Act.
