A group of around 50 produce industry leaders are working on an effort to harmonize the various food-safety standards and audits that exist today and develop a common standard for good agricultural practices that everyone can agree to. “The reason we’re doing all this is because there are so many programs and different standards that are out there,” said Dr. David Gombas, project coordinator. For suppliers, meeting the requirements of all the various programs is expensive and time consuming, he said. Some requirements are redundant, and some are conflicting. Suppliers doubt that the multiple standards they have to meet are […]