food safety

Is Cleaning Fruit with Baking Soda or Vinegar Really Necessary?

By Lex Flamm on March 21, 2025

In a viral TikTok video, fitness influencer Jeffrey Harris dumps strawberries, blueberries, and grapes into bowls. He fills the bowls with water and tops them off with a mix of apple cider vinegar and …

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Farmers on Food Safety

By FruitGuys Staff on April 10, 2013

By Judith Redmond of Full Belly Farm, courtesy of Capay Valley Farm Shop When I first heard the term “food safety” I knew that even the term itself was a problem, representing an approach to …

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Obama Signs Food Safety Act into Law: Small Farms Are Exempted from Some Provisions

By Pia Hinckle on January 7, 2011

On January 4, 2011, President Obama signed into law the $1.4 billion Food Safety and Modernization Act, the most sweeping overhaul of the nation’s food industry in 70 years. The law will give the …

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I’m Just a Bill

By Chris Mittelstaedt on December 6, 2010

Have you heard about the food safety bill that the U.S. Senate passed in December of 2006? If made law, it will radically change the way U.S. food is grown and processed. The lead story in our online …

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New Food Safety Bill Passes Senate: Amendments Support Smallest Farms

By Pia Hinckle on December 3, 2010

The U.S. Senate passed the Food Safety and Modernization Act (S. 510) on November 30th, 2010, the most sweeping overhaul of food safety regulations of the century, spurred by food-borne illness …

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