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From: Food Quality Magazine, 5.24.2011
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Produce Industry Creating Audit Standard
Checklist could be used to certify safe handling of foods, association leader says
The produce industry is nearing a single food safety audit standard, announced David Gombas, PhD, senior vice president of food safety and technology for the United Fresh Produce Association United Fresh Produce Association, at the association’s 2011 meeting May 4.
New Standards for School Lunches
Food safety practices unevenly applied
In the wake of a 2010 report that found that the quality of food purchased for the federal school lunch program was lower that that of foods found at fast food restaurants, school districts have implemented a number of new food safety practices — in some cases exceeding federal requirements, says a new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).
