What is the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement?
The California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA) is an unprecedented commitment to food safety. The LGMA, operating with oversight from the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is a mechanism for verifying through mandatory government audits that farmers follow LGMA accepted food safety practices for lettuce, spinach and other leafy greens. These LGMA accepted food safety practices are designed to reduce the sources of potential contamination on farms or into fields. Over time, these food safety practices will evolve as industry, scientists and academia identify and develop new technologies to further improve food safety practices in order to protect public health. With the LGMA in place, California leafy greens are grown under a unique and rigorous system that has become a model for leafy greens farmers in other states.
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