The UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) is planning new guidance to help farmers deal with manure more safely.
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The draft guidance is based on FSA-backed research into the presence of problems including Listeria, salmonella and E coli in farm manure spread on vegetables, fruit and salad crops.
Some 90 million tonnes of farm manure is used on cultivated farmland used to produce both conventional and organic food. Crops that are unlikely to be cooked before consumption, such as salad vegetables and fruit, are particularly vulnerable to microbiological contamination of this sort.
The guidelines, which are out for consultation until mid-June, were drawn up by representatives from the UK agriculture departments and experts from the food and farming sector, including organic farmers.
The proposed guidelines include a range of initiatives that can help destroy bugs, including exposure to sunlight and ultra-violet rays, as well as certain soil types.
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