almond pasteurization update

[Guest guest]

USDA committee cautioned on risks to small growers

 

By Tom Karst

 

(Sept. 9, 12:28 p.m.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the fresh produce

industry, Congress and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration prepare

to add layers of food safety regulation to the produce supply chain,

U.S. Department of Agriculture fruit and vegetable advisory committee

members heard a voice of caution.

 

At the committee’s Sept. 8 meeting, Caralea Arnold, research associate

with The Cornucopia Institute, Cornucopia, Wis., asked the members to

consider the “collateral damage” new produce safety regulations may

have on small growers.

 

In particular, she said the institute was prepared to aggressively

defend the interests of family growers if their well being is

threatened by rulemaking.

 

“In the form of a warning, The Cornucopia Institute (is filing) a

federal lawsuit on Sept. 9 challenging the legality of the USDA’s

almond pasteurization mandate,” she told the committee.

 

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[Guest guest]

Thanks, Jeff. Nice to hear the small growers are uniting and asserting

themselves.

Nora

 

 

 

" In the form of a warning, The Cornucopia Institute (is filing) a

federal lawsuit on Sept. 9 challenging the legality of the USDA's

almond pasteurization mandate, " she told the committee.