Safe food is an unobjectionable term. No one wants unsafe food. To assure the safety of the produce sold to consumers, private grocery store chains have already imposed ever greater contractual standards on their suppliers of fresh fruits and vegetables. In addition, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is poised to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act on produce growers and packing houses. Finally, if ­serious illness occurs, the courthouse door is wide open to lawsuits. This heightened attention to food safety has been generated by a series of public health outbreaks over the past decade that resulted in multiple […]