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Will increasing scrutiny of food safety practices in orchards push more growers away from using raw manure?It's unclear at the moment, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administrationis conducting a risk assessment on raw manure before it settles on a preharvest interval that will best protect crops from contamination. This risk assessment replaces the initially proposed 9-month preharvest interval, said Faith Critzer, produce safety extension specialist at Washington State University. That proposal had received much criticism from farmers.