Consumer Advocate: FDA Could Use CA Ag Water Standards As Roadmap

By David Roza / April 25, 2019 at 3:14 PM
As FDA works to develop an agricultural water rule as a part of its obligations under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), one consumer advocate said the agency could learn a thing or two from new agricultural water safety standards recently approved by the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA). However, another source argued the California standards are too stringent and worries any similar standards would place a burden on small farms. Sandra Eskin, project director for food safety at...


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