Federal produce-testing program spared — for now

By The Associated Press

Federal food program that screens produce for contamination spared until end of 2012

Excerpts from this story referencing "fruits":

"… e Agriculture Department, and finding a permanent solution to keep tainted fruits and vegetables from reaching consumers could take an even bigger effort.Ea …"

"… l tests or more modest federal sampling programs.The CDC said contaminated fruits and vegetables caused nearly one-third of the major multistate foodborne i …"

"… o do more testing, rather than allowing the USDA to take random samples of fruits and vegetables at massive grocery store distribution centers, after produc …"