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In the wake of 2017’s devastating wildfires, California’s growers and winemakers are worried about grapes exposed to smoke. The industry is funding a UC Davis researcher to study “smoke taint” to find out what can be done.

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Food and Sustainability

California Growers Adjust Safety Practices After Last Year's Deadly E. Coli Outbreak

October 5, 2018 | Julia Mitric

A group that oversees food safety programs for big California lettuce growers has changed its protocols in the wake of an E. coli outbreak last spring which caused five deaths and sickened more than 200 people across 36 states.

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