{"id":457,"date":"2024-05-30T10:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/ProduceSafety\/?p=457"},"modified":"2024-05-30T10:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T17:22:34","slug":"cdfa-launches-produce-safety-one-health-initiatives-webpage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cdfa.ca.gov\/ProduceSafety\/index.php\/2024\/05\/30\/cdfa-launches-produce-safety-one-health-initiatives-webpage\/","title":{"rendered":"CDFA Launches Produce Safety One Health Initiatives Webpage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Produce Safety Program (PSP) announces the launch of a Produce Safety One Health Initiatives webpage<\/a> dedicated to California\u2019s actions for enhanced produce safety based on the One Health approach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to a series of E. coli <\/em>O157:H7 outbreaks associated with leafy greens between 2018 to 2020, CDFA launched the California Longitudinal Study (CALS) in 2020 and California Agricultural Neighbors (CAN) in 2021. These actions are part of a collaborative effort across government agencies (federal, state, and local), universities, industry associations, and members of the produce, viticulture, livestock, and compost industries to initiate dialogues, address knowledge gaps, and foster enhanced produce safety practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The research efforts taking place in California are based on the globally supported One Health<\/a> approach, a multidisciplinary systems-thinking approach that recognizes the health of people is interconnected to the health of animals, plants, and our shared environments. The One Health approach is a fundamental component of the national Healthy People<\/a> initiative, released every decade since 1990 by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which guides health promotion and disease prevention efforts to improve the health of the nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The California Longitudinal Study<\/a> (CALS) is a multi-year study launched in 2020 targeted towards adaptively identifying environmental factors affecting foodborne pathogens to address knowledge gaps and assist in solutions-oriented outcomes for growers and affiliates in the agriculture industry. To accomplish this, California’s leafy green industry is collaborating with state and federal agencies, the UC Davis Western Center for Food Safety, and partners across California’s cattle, viticulture, and compost industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

California Agricultural Neighbors<\/a> (CAN) is a collaborative effort led by CDFA<\/a> and the Monterey County Farm Bureau<\/a> (MCFB) launched in 2021 that provides a roundtable forum to foster dialogue and neighborly practices for enhanced food safety when agriculture operations are adjacent to one another. CAN efforts are supported by the California Farm Bureau Federation<\/a>,\u00a0California Cattlemen’s Association<\/a>,\u00a0Western Growers Association<\/a>, and the\u00a0California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement<\/a>\u00a0to help with facilitation services provided by\u00a0Abby Dilley, RESOLVE<\/a>. The full 2022 CAN Report is available for review here<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about California\u2019s Produce Safety One Health Initiatives, please visit https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/producesafety\/onehealthinitiatives\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n