Food Safety VS. Common Sense: How far should you go to exclude animals from your fields?

摘要

Animals entering fruit and vegetable fields now are potential food-safety problems rather than just crop-damaging nuisances. But how far should growers take their exclusion efforts Some industry groups already require specific practices to address contamination problems from birds, frogs, deer and other animals, both wild and domesticated. California's Leafy Greens Handler Marketing Agreement grew out of the 2006 E. coli outbreak in spinach linked to nearby animal populations, and Florida's tomato industry adopted its own guidelines in 2008.