FDA Announces Changes to Harvest and Post-Harvest Ag Water: What Does This Mean for Apple Farms and Packing Houses?
FDA announced January 13, 2023 the end of the enforcement discretion period for requirements for water used during harvest …
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Packing House Sanitation Workshops
This interactive workshop provides fruit and vegetable growers information and tools necessary to develop an effective cleaning and sanitizing …
Workshop to discuss FDA's Proposed Water Rule for Produce Farms
How does FDA’s Proposed Water Rule impact NC produce farms? On December 2, 2021 FDA published the proposed content that …
Produce Safety Alliance Trainings in NC (2024-2025)
This is a one day training course for growers on the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) standardized curriculum that meets …
Updates to the USDA GAP Harmonized Audit Webinar
The USDA GAP Harmonized Audit is probably the most common food safety audit used by the produce industry in …
Where Does My Farm Fall Under the Produce Safety Rule in 2021?
FDA just released “adjusted inflation cutoffs” that are used to determine how produce farms will be affected by FSMA’s Produce …
Updates for USDA Harmonized GAP and Harmonized GAP Plus Audits
Harmonized GAP Standards and Checklists On February 16, 2021, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced updates to the audit standards and checklists …
Produce Safety Rule Review
Because we know how important it is to stay up to date with food safety practices and learn about …
Produce Safety Alliance Growers Online Training- March 2021
About the Training This is a two-day training course for growers on the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) standardized curriculum that …
Helping Farm Workers at Produce Farms Understand COVID-19
The NC State University Produce Safety Team has created training videos in English and Spanish to help farmworkers better …
Guidance for Industry: Evaluating the Safety of Flood-Affected Food Crops for Human Consumption
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided guidance for situations under which farms may be affected by flooding …
Information Regarding Flooded Produce
Dear Agents, With all the rain that is occurring you may get questions from farmers experiencing flooding in their produce fields. In order …