Published January 15, 2011 The Pacific Northwest tree fruit industry is forming a special task force to draw up a food safety plan. Chris Schlect, president of the Northwest Horticultural Council, said the task force’s job will be to develop a science-based good agricultural practices plan that is as reasonable as possible in order to address the specific risks and needs of the tree fruit industry. “The intent is to help prevent unnecessary or mis­directed rules imposed by outside,” he said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced last summer that it was planning to introduce regulations on the safe […]