Tracking pathogens
Whole genome sequencing tracks pathogens, perhaps to your door.
What is whole genome sequencing?
A member of Glass’s research group inoculates an apple with Listeria. The fruit is then used to make caramel
Protect your customers, protect your orchard
Listeria is a true environmental bacterium, not requiring an animal host, and occurs naturally in water, soil and leaf litter,
Dininny: How FSMA impacts you
Food safety. Shannon Dininny Perhaps no two words have frustrated U.S. fruit growers more — growers who believe
Managing mummy berry
Researchers aim to improve control for blueberry disease.
New peach and nectarine varieties help Eastern growers compete
Marketing challenges in the Mid-Atlantic
Simple steps for water sampling
Researchers are educating packing house operators and growers about proper water sampling methods in orchards and vineyards.
Water sampling 101
Jennifer Chase of the University of California-Davis recommends holding containers away from equipment to prevent contaminants from entering the
The math of food safety
Melissa Partyka, research ecologist at the Western Center for Food Safety at the University of California-Davis, has provided simple instructions