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Before the PR’s implementation, many growers who used untreated ground and untreated surface water (preharvest activities) or untreated groundwater (in harvest and postharvest activities) that contacted produce tested the water for microbial contamination at least once annually

by Gregory Astill
7/31/2018

A column chart showing the shares of growers by sales levels that test water that contacts produce in the field and/or test harvest and post-harvest water.

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Before the PR’s implementation, many growers who used untreated ground and untreated surface water (preharvest activities) or untreated groundwater (in harvest and postharvest activities) that contacted produce tested the water for microbial contamination at least once annually

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