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April 25, 2006
FDA is posting this industry information as a service to industry, consumers, the media, and other interested parties.
The document is available in PDF (464 KB).
This document was prepared by members of the lettuce/leafy greens industry from farm to table.For more information contact:
International Fresh-cut Produce Association
Attn: David Gombas, Ph.D., Vice President Technical Services
1600 Duke Street Suite 440 Alexandria, VA 22314
Tel: 703.299.6282 Email:
Produce Marketing Association
Attn: Kathy Means, CAE, Vice President, Government Relations
P.O. Box 6036 Newark, DE 19714-6036
Tel: 302.738.7100 Email:
United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association
Attn: James Gorny, Ph.D., VP Quality Assurance & Technology
1901 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006
Tel: 202.303.3400 Email:
Western Growers
Attn: Hank Giclas, Vice President, Science and Technology
P.O. Box 2130 Newport Beach, CA 92658
Tel: 949.885.2205 Email:
Special thanks to all of the trade associations and individuals who helped in developing this guidance.
Greatest appreciation is expressed to the people who have contributed to this first edition. These guidelines in their 1st edition were developed under the coordination and leadership of:
James R. Gorny, Ph.D., UFFVA , Editor-In-Chief 1st Edition
Hank Giclas, WGA, Co-Editor 1st Edition
David Gombas, Ph.D., IFPA, Co-Editor 1st Edition
Kathy Means, PMA, Co-Editor 1st Edition
1st Edition Contributors and Reviewers::
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The aforementioned acknowledgments of individual persons and the organizations that these individual are currently affiliated with does not imply endorsement nor approval of this document in its entirely or in part by these individual persons or the organizations listed. The document is a publication of the IFPA, PMA, UFFVA and WGA, who bear sole responsibility for its contents.