Davis, California, USA
September 3, 2014

The Center for Produce Safety (CPS) held its fifth annual research symposium in Newport Beach, CA on June 24-25, 2014. The symposium featured twenty-two CPS-funded research programs and discussions on what the research means to the produce industry. A summary of the key lessons learned is now available on the CPS website, https://cps.ucdavis.edu/

2014 CPS Symposium: 10 Lessons Learned

Agricultural Water: An Overview

1. Sustainable Agricultural Water – Taking Care of a Vital Resource

Agricultural Water: Preventive Controls

1. Agricultural Water: Monitoring, What Does It Tell You?
2. Agricultural Water: Treatment is an Option!
3. Agricultural Water: Application-to-Harvest Intervals, Is It Possible to Define?
4. Agricultural Water: Understanding & Managing Risk is Possible!

Managing Routes of Produce Contamination

1. Agricultural Water: Splish / Splash
2. Are Animals a Big Contributor to Produce Contamination?
3. All Soil Amendments are Not Created Equal
4. Postharvest Interventions are Possible
5. Turning Research into Food Safety Practices

Please check the CPS website, to access full technical reports for completed CPS research projects and symposium research posters.  

Website: http://www.centerforproducesafety.org

Published: September 3, 2014