Diving into the food safety considerations of mushrooms. Photo by Willie Crosby / Small Farms Quarterly Produce Safety Spotlight: Mushrooms! The edible mushroom market is a billion-dollar industry in the United States, and is covered under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule , the same as other fresh produce.   Recalls, Outbreaks, and Misidentifications of Mushrooms One of the earliest documented outbreaks tied to mushrooms occurred in the United States in 1989. Four separate outbre

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