Our discussion of the Buyer-led Food Safety Effort brought forth this constructive contribution from Gene Harris, Senior Purchasing Manager at Denny’s: A colleague recently reminded
The industry response to the regulatory and legislative environment following the spinach/E .coli crisis has entered a new phase as the Western Growers Association has
Pundit has been emphatic that, as long as food safety is a voluntary issue rather than a regulatory issue, the role of buyers cannot be
The Produce Marketing Association responded to recent food safety issues in the produce industry with an announcement that its board had authorized $1 million over
A little while ago, the Pundit picked up a new sponsor by the name of Escort Data Loggers. This company provides a temperature monitoring device
The reason the industry is going to have to get much better at food safety is because unless we do, publicly reported outbreaks are going
Does the produce industry actually believe there is a lesson to be learned from the spinach E. coli outbreak? My sense is that the answer
Is there a statistical bias against Salinas in the food safety numbers? The underlying question surrounding this E. coli outbreak on spinach is whether there
It is good news for America’s beef producers that the market in Japan is now open. However, there are plenty of indications of skepticism in
