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FDA Issues Draft Guidance for Reducing Food Safety Hazards in the Production of Seed for Sprouting
Posted on July 01, 2019
Blog: National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO)
On June 24, 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance to provide recommendations to those in the sprout seed industry to help reduce food safety hazards in the production of seed used for sprouting. Between January 1996 and August 2018, contaminated sprouts were associated with 50 outbreaks, which together resulted in more […]