It’s been nine years since the LGMA was created as an unprecedented commitment to producing safe leafy greens. Since then, the LGMA food safety practices have been updated 12 times to incorporate new scientific findings.
A panel of independent food safety experts was recently commissioned to conduct a scientific review. The goal of this review was to investigate the scientific validity of the current set of LGMA practices. The findings of the panel attribute the success of the program to the quality, rigor and detail of the LGMA’s food safety practices.
The panel members were chosen for this project based on their work-related experience in the field of fresh produce food safety. Below are some of their comments from the report.
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