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29 Nov 2016, 9:04 pm by Dan Flynn
” Most California produce growers were complying with the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement, which retailers and growers imposed voluntarily after the 2006 E. coli outbreak involving bagged spinach. [read post]
23 Jun 2015, 11:38 pm by Bill Marler
Similarly, farmers in California, where much of America’s lettuce and spinach is grown, created a food safety program – the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA) – in the wake of an E. coli outbreak in 2006 that was associated with Californian spinach and saw 202 people become ill and 3 die. [read post]
11 May 2016, 10:10 pm by Dan Flynn
“We cannot ever let this happen again,” he said Schneider said the buyers demanded growers in California and Arizona enter into the “Leafy Green Marketing Agreement (LGMA). [read post]
28 Mar 2018, 9:01 pm by Dan Flynn
After an outbreak of E. coli O157: H7 in 2006 that involved contaminated spinach, California growers and national retailers formed the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement. [read post]
20 Oct 2013, 10:01 pm by Lydia Zuraw
Testing in the U.S. varies somewhat from company to company, but it follows similar procedures that were standardized in 2007 with the Leafy Green Marketing Agreement, says Trevor Suslow, food-safety specialist at the University of California, Davis. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 9:05 pm by Coral Beach
Participation in the voluntary labeling program was easy for a number of the larger shippers and processors who buy romaine from growers in the Yuma, AZ, region, according to Teressa Lopez of the Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA). [read post]
19 Mar 2017, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
Also present were: Bob Ehart, Joe Reardon (National Association for the State Departments of Agriculture); Scott Horsfall (Leafy Green Marketing Agreement); Jeff Hall, Sally Blackman (Canadian Produce Marketing Association); Sophia Kruszewski (National Sustainable Coalition); Bret Erikson (Texas International Produce Association); Jennifer McEntire (United Fresh); and Chris Valadez (California Fresh Fruit Association). [read post]
19 Oct 2014, 10:02 pm by The Packer
PMA’s Bob Whitaker, chief science and technology officer, and Jim Gorny, vice president for food safety and technology, moderated the panel including FDA officials and industry panelists Walter Ram, vice president of food safety, The Giumarra Companies, Los Angeles, CA; Courtney Parker, vice president of salad quality and global food safety, Chiquita Fresh Express, Salinas, CA, and Mike Villaneva, technical director, California Leafy Green Marketing… [read post]
15 Oct 2023, 9:04 pm by Cookson Beecher
Greg Komar, technology director of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, shares FMI’s interest in this. [read post]
25 Nov 2019, 1:20 am by Dan Flynn
The voluntary Leafy Green Marketing Agreements set requirements for growers in California and Arizona. [read post]
23 Sep 2011, 2:59 am
 Not emphasized in the columns are the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, a buyer-led initiative to improve food safety standards on the heels of the 2006-07 spinach E.coli outbreak that is being considered for federal adoption, the Reportable Food Registry or the federal Food Safety Modernization Act. [read post]
24 Feb 2015, 10:02 pm by Roy Costa, RS, MS (MBA)
These new standards are evolving in the industry; they are made up of commodity-focused quasi-governmental rules that spell out the requirements for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), such as the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, the Western Growers Association guidance for the melon industry, and the Florida Tomato GAP rule. [read post]
4 Apr 2021, 9:03 pm by Chris Koger
That includes the Food Safety Modernization Act, California/Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI), British Retail Consortium, and Good Agricultural Practice standards. [read post]
28 Jan 2009, 6:33 pm
Lawyers pursuing foodborne illness claims must carefully determine the applicable laws and identify the party that brought the product to market. [read post]
4 Feb 2009, 5:03 pm
Lawyers pursuing foodborne illness claims must carefully determine the applicable laws and identify the party that brought the product to market. [read post]
7 May 2018, 9:06 pm by Coral Beach
Since the CDC and FDA first reported the link between romaine and the E. coli O157: H7 outbreak on April 13, officials at United Fresh, as well as the Produce Marketing Association and the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement organizations for California and Arizona, have been saying the harvest season in Yuma was wrapping up. [read post]
14 Nov 2019, 9:05 pm by Dan Flynn
Romaine OutbreaksAn E. coli O157: H7 outbreak in late 2017 was linked to simply to leafy greens in the U.S, while it was “likely romaine” in Canada, according to investigators. [read post]
20 Jul 2021, 3:44 pm by Chris Koger
That event led to the establishment of the California and Arizona Leafy Greens Marketing Agreements, and the industry has donated millions for research through the Center for Produce Safety. [read post]
9 Sep 2013, 10:03 pm by Daniel B. Cohen
They tested both for specific human pathogens, such as Salmonella and O157:H7 E. coli, and for generic E. coli, which is required for members of the California Leafy Green Handlers Marketing Agreement (CA LGMA). [read post]
2 Mar 2012, 1:59 am
Thanks in part to the California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement rules, at least there is now research interest in how exactly to pasteurize different manures for conventional agriculture [for Salmonella, see (5)].Since it is not an obvious step to feed brains or manure back to cattle, where did this come from? [read post]