- Author: Mary E. Reed
Drs. Linda Harris, Marita Cantwell, and Devon Zagory were among the invited speakers at the “Food Safety for Organic Production and Handling of Fresh Produce Conference” that was held January 22-23 at the Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove. The conference was organized by the California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) and focused on the challenges to organic farmers and food handlers since the E. coli outbreak in 2006. "We want to educate organic farmers about how they can impact food safety," said Peggy Miars, executive director of the Santa Cruz-based CCOF.
- Author: Mary E. Reed
Congratulations to Dr. Trevor Suslow who was recently appointed to the American Phytopathological Society (APS) Public Policy Board in December 2007. The PPB provides scientific input on public policy issues to the society’s officers, federal policy makers and agency personnel, and works with other scientific organizations and coalitions to increase the awareness of the science of plant pathology.
Dr. Suslow also recently addressed a plenary session of the 2007 APS Annual Meeting regarding “Plant Pathology: A key discipline for microbial food safety cross-talk”. This was an important event...
- Author: Mary E. Reed
- Author: Mary E. Reed
Dr. Jim Gorny executive director of the UCD Postharvest Technology Research & Information Center (PTRIC) was an invited guest speaker at a “Postharvest and Minimal Processing of Fruits and Vegetables; Quality and Safety” short course offered December 3-5, 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal. At the three day short hosted by the Instituto Superior de Agronomia at the Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Dr. Gorny discussed good agricultural practices employed in the USA that enhance the safety of fresh-cut produce and modified atmosphere packaging design for fresh-cut produce. He was also joined by ICPT (
- Author: Mary E. Reed
Drs. Adel A. Kader and Lisa Kitinoja recently served as instructors in a series of cold chain management workshops in India. The U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is conducting a year long project including workshops in 4 major cities in India to encourage development of new postharvest technology investments and to strengthen the country’s existing cold chain infrastructure. The objective of USTDA's cold chain project is to improve the handling of high value perishable produce and products, including those coming from the U.S., via activities to facilitate improvements in the management of the cold chain in India....
