Applying root cause strategies to the produce industry
This week’s PMA virtual town hall discussed putting root-cause strategies into the hands of the produce industry when it comes to investigating, but ultimately preventing, events such as mass recalls of produce.
The town hall was moderated by Trevor Suslow, produce safety consultant with the PMA and emeritus extension research specialist with UC Davis, who discussed the approach once an issue such as a foodborne illness presents itself. “It starts with defining the problems, the questions and identifying factors related to each of those,” he says. “I always start with: what was different this time? You’ve been doing the same thing for years. It often points to something being very different.”