Welcome to the Food Safety Resource Clearinghouse!

This Clearinghouse is a curated source of Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food related resources.  Anyone can search and view the resources linked to the clearinghouse by using one or all of the search tools below (type, topic, state, and/or keywords).

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There are currently 801 resources published in the clearinghouse. Please note, most of these resources have not been peer reviewed.

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Una guía para la certificación de la seguridad alimentaria para centros de distribución de alimentos e instalaciones alimentarias

Added by Kali Feiereisel • Last updated May 29, 2023
Author: Grace Perry
Type: Coverage Assessment Tools; Fact Sheets
Topic: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs); Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF); Preventive Controls (PCs); General (PSR); Produce Safety Rule (PSR); Record Keeping; Traceability
State: CA

Esta guía está redactada para centros de distribución de alimentos y otras instalaciones alimentarias que busquen información sobre cómo tratar las preguntas sobre seguridad alimentaria de los compradores y conseguir una auditoría externa de seguridad alimentaria.

A Guide to Food Safety Certification for Food Hubs and Food Facilities

Added by Kali Feiereisel • Last updated May 29, 2023
Author: Grace Perry
Type: Coverage Assessment Tools; Fact Sheets
Topic: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs); Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF); Preventive Controls (PCs); General (PSR); Produce Safety Rule (PSR); Record Keeping; Traceability
State: CA

This guide is written for food hubs and other food facilities seeking information about how to navigate food safety questions from buyers and pursue a third-party food safety audit.

Produce Safety in Hydroponic and Aquaponic Operations: Wildlife and Domesticated Animals

Added by Sean Fogarty • Last updated April 1, 2023
Author: Elizabeth Newbold and Sean Fogarty
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material; Fact Sheets
Topic: General (PSR); Produce Safety Rule (PSR); Worker Health, Hygiene & Training; Wildlife, Domestic Animals & Land Use

Wildlife and domesticated animals can carry pathogens to produce and food contact surfaces. Therefore, growers need to limit or exclude their access to production and packing areas. The objective of this factsheet is to focus on assessment, monitoring and exclusion practices specific to an operation, whether open to the environment, partially- or fully-enclosed.

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FSPCA Food Safety Plan Template

Added by Virginia Jaquish • Last updated February 11, 2020
Author: FSPCA
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material; Tools & Calculators
Topic: Preventive Controls (PCs); Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF)

This Food Safety Plan template is modeled after forms developed for the FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food curriculum, and can be modified to reflect the need of individual establishment needs.

FSMA Human Food Audit Checklist

Added by NCR FSMA • Last updated February 11, 2020
Type: Guidance - Federal; Tools & Calculators
Topic: General (PCHF); Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF)

This Checklist will help you organize your materials and assess your current food safety preparedness for processing human food. The Checklist is NOT itself a plan.

National Water Quality Testing Labs Map

Added by Elizabeth Newbold • Last updated September 22, 2022
Author: NECAFS
Type: Tools & Calculators
Topic: Ag Water (Preharvest); Produce Safety Rule (PSR)

This collaborative effort brings together each individual state's water quality testing lab information into ONE national interactive map.