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Secretary Ross with Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement chairman Steve Church.<\/p><\/div>\n

From an LGMA News Release:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The California leafy greens community met in Salinas last week to recognize those responsible for creating the unique public-private partnership formed ten years ago under the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement <\/a>(LGMA).<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not often that a group of farmers comes to government asking to be regulated,\u201d said Steve Church, of Church Brothers, who serves as the current chairman of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, \u201cbut in the aftermath of the 2006 E. coli outbreak associated with spinach, that is exactly what was needed to help California leafy greens producers regain consumer confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout the support of the California Department of Food and Agriculture, the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement wouldn\u2019t exist,\u201d continued Church. \u201cIn honor of that support which existed in 2006 and continues today, we are presenting CDFA Secretary Karen Ross with the LGMA\u2019s Golden Checkmark Award.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Secretary was honored August 10, 2017 during a meeting of Salinas-area LGMA members. The event was the first in a series of grower meetings being held across the state to commemorate ten years since the LGMA food safety program was created and to recognize the commitment to protecting public health embodied in the LGMA system. The LGMA\u2019s Golden Checkmark Award was created to honor those who support mandatory government oversight of food safety in the produce industry. Past recipients include Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former CDFA Secretary A.G. Kawamura.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe LGMA is a true public-private partnership where government and industry work together to ensure safe food,\u201d continued Church.\u00a0 \u201cBoth are committed to this important job and the California leafy greens community is proud to be one of the first commodity groups to be regulated under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)<\/a> that will soon become federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m so proud to be here today and I want to recognize all of the great people who came before me and who are still at the Department of Food and Agriculture who helped create the LGMA,\u201d said Secretary Ross as she accepted the award. \u201cI can only imagine the hours that were spent to come up with this food safety program that is real, robust and represents change.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since its creation 10 years ago, the LGMA has included a system of mandatory government audits to verify that leafy greens are being grown using science-based food safety practices. The audits are performed by government inspectors employed by CDFA who are trained and licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am always in awe when I see what the leafy greens community has done with this program,\u201d Secretary Ross continued. \u201cYou have transformed an industry to establish a culture where everyone is thinking about how to make sure the food we\u2019re delivering is safe. What you have accomplished in a remarkably short period should be held up as an example.\u201d<\/p>\n

CDFA will be responsible for overseeing implementation of the Produce Safety Rule <\/a>included under FSMA for an estimated 20,000 California produce farms under a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to Ross, her department plans to work closely with existing industry groups like the LGMA to ensure compliance with the new law.\u00a0 The LGMA has been working over the past several months to ensure its food safety practices are aligned with those required under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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