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About Londa Nwadike

Londa is the Extension Food Safety Specialist with the University of Vermont and works with food and meat processors and producers.

Basic Best Practices for Food Safety in Value-Added Foods

Every Vermont food producer that I have talked to wants to produce the safest food possible for their customers and consumers, which is great!  In my previous WAGN blog, and in a recent blog with the Vermont New Farmer Project, … Continue reading

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Proposed food safety rules released, upcoming food safety trainings

Happy 2013 everyone! Some of you may have heard that on Jan 4, 2013 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released 2 long-awaited proposed rules to provide more details on implementing the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), which was … Continue reading

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Labels, labels, labels…

“Your hot sauce is awesome!  You should try to sell it.”  Have you ever heard these or similar words about any foods that you make?  Or maybe you raise lots of delicious fresh produce and want to add some value … Continue reading

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