Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There are 121 confirmed cases across 25 states in the E. coli outbreak from eating romaine lettuce from the Yuma, Arizona growing region. There have been 52 hospitalizations from the outbreak strain… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu There is increased concern with food safety and fresh produce. The FDA, State Health Departments, and State Departments of Agriculture have made food safety a priority, especially for important produce growing regions… Continue Reading
Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Fresh produce has a limited shelf life. For many of our vegetables, cooling is essential for maintaining post-harvest quality and keeping. The experience that a consumer has after produce is taken home… Continue Reading
Sasha Marine, University of Maryland Postdoctoral Research Associate, scmarine@umd.edu; Kate Everts, Vegetable Pathologist, University of Delaware and University of Maryland, keverts@umd.edu Thanks to a multi-state grant from the USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative, researchers at four Mid-Atlantic institutions (the University… Continue Reading
Sasha Marine, UMD Postdoctoral Research Associate; scmarine@umd.edu In recent years, outbreaks of Salmonella, Listeria and E. coli in fresh vegetables and the resulting public concern over food safety has prompted regulators to re-evaluate production and post-harvest practices. Research has demonstrated… Continue Reading
