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FDA, USDA & Cornell Announce Produce Safety Alliance in Advance of New Regs

A public-private organization will provide produce growers and packagers with fundamental, on-farm food safety knowledge, in advance of a proposed produce safety regulation, according to a Food and Drug Administration, USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (USDA/AMS), and Cornell University announcement issued on November 4, 2010.

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The organization's work will include creating an information bank of up-to-date information related to on-farm and packinghouse produce safety. The FDA’s proposed produce safety rule is expected in 2011.