Fruit and Vegetable Safety and Quality PDG

Gretchen Wall, Humberto Maldonado Biblographic citation: Food Protection Trends, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 181-181, Mar 2019 Volume 39, Issue 2: Pages 181–181

Fresh fruits and vegetables are critical to a healthy, well-balanced diet; however, produce has been implicated in a number of foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, significantly impacting the health of consumers and the economic viability of farms and packing-house operations. The Fruit and Vegetable Safety and Quality (FVSQ) Professional Development Group (PDG) was established in 1998 and provides a forum to discuss items of interest in the safe production, harvest, and handling of high quality fruit and vegetable products.

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