The FDA published a new guidance document today focusing on the Preventive Controls portion of the Food Safety Modernization Act. The document can be read at the FDA FSMA website.
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Vegetable Disease Update 8/16/13
No Late blight has been reported in New Jersey this week. Cucurbit downy mildew remains active. White speck (or Plectosporium blight) has been reported in pumpkin.
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Potato Disease Forecasting Report 8-16-13 – Click to Download We will be tracking DSVs for Late blight development and calculating P-days for initiating the first early blight fungicide application. The first late blight fungicide application is recommended once 18 DSVs accumulate from green row. Green row typically occurs around the first week in May in southern […]
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8-16-13 Tomato Report – Click to Download Disease severity values (DSVs) for early blight, septoria leaf spot, and tomato anthracnose development are determined daily based on leaf wetness (due to rainfall, dew) and air temperature. On a daily basis DSV values can range from 0 to 4 where 0 = no chance for disease development […]
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NOTE – The comment period for the Produce Rule has been extended for the final time, comments are due to the FDA by November 15, 2013. Comments can be made here. United Fresh held a webinar featuring David Gombus on Tuesday August 13, 2013 focusing on what we know about the Food Safety Modernization Act […]
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