date:Sep 19, 2016
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that $21.8 million in federal money will go to 42 states for use in implementing FDAs new regulation, Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption (commonly called the Produce Safety Rule).
The FDA Produce Safety Rule was finalized in 2015 and became effective in January of 2016. It establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing and holding of fruits a