California LGMA Updates Food Safety Practices for Leafy Greens

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) Advisory Board has accepted over 50 recommended changes to strengthen food safety requirements for the production of leafy greens. Significant changes include a requirement that any open-source water used for the overhead application must be treated to eliminate pathogens during the previous 21 days before harvest. Ensuring that water for farming of leafy greens is monitored. Reduce the risk of contamination of water applied via furrow irrigation from coming into contact with any edible portion of the leafy greens plant. There are also changes to cleaning harvest equipment, containers, tools, and bathroom facilities in and near leafy greens fields. The document also added language to prevent cut end of leafy greens product from coming into contact with the ground during harvest. The Arizona LGMA adopted similar language.@ https://www.foodsafetymagazine.com/news/california-lgma-updates-food-safety-practices-for-leafy-greens/

 California LGMA Updates Food Safety Practices for Leafy Greens
California LGMA Updates Food Safety Practices for Leafy Greens

The LGMA program will immediately begin educating members on how to comply with the new standards.

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