FDA Investing in Technologies to Find Produce Pathogens Faster

Randall Weiseman September 20, 2012 Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Specialty Crops, Vegetables

In an effort to step up its produce inspections The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is spending $17 million on technology it hopes will be fast enough to catch fresh produce with pathogen contamination.

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