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Food Safety Resource #166
Added by Kali Feiereisel • Last updated December 4, 2021
Type: People
Topic: General (PSR), Produce Safety Rule (PSR), Worker Health, Hygiene & Training, Soil Amendments, Wildlife, Domestic Animals & Land Use, Food Safety Plans, Record Keeping
State: CA

Kali provides food safety technical assistance to farmers as they further develop their practices to meet new requirements. In addition to her background in diversified vegetable production, she recently studied food safety, local food systems, and food and agriculture policy while completing her graduate degree in Public Health Nutrition from UC Berkeley.

Food Safety Resource #164
Added by Dave Seddon, MBA RD LD • Last updated February 11, 2020
Type: People
Topic: General (PCHF), Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Preventive Controls (PCs), Food Safety Plan, General (PSR), Produce Safety Rule (PSR), Postharvest Handling & Sanitation, Food Safety Plans, Record Keeping
State: ME

25+ years of nationwide consulting in Food Safety, Business, and Nutrition: Experience includes: PCQI Lead Instructor in Human Food Production; HACCP/Food Safety Planning, Auditing, and Training; Nutrition and Allergy Plans; R&D; Nutrition Education; Sanitation; Food Manufacturing and Processing / SQF Implementation; SOP develpment; Financial and Operational Performance. * HACCP / Food...

Food Safety Resource #163
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated September 22, 2022
Author: Ronald H. Schmidt and Daniel J. Erickson
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material, Fact Sheets
Topic: General (PCHF), Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF), Postharvest Handling & Sanitation, Produce Safety Rule (PSR)

To ensure safe food and adequate sanitation programs, the facility and surroundings in which food processing and handling operations are conducted must be designed and constructed with sanitary design principles in mind. Many existing facilities do not have optimum sanitary design and construction.

Food Safety Resource #162
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated February 6, 2023
Type: Coverage Assessment Tools, Guidance - Federal
Topic: General (PCHF), Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF), General (PSR), Produce Safety Rule (PSR)

Implicit Price Deflators for Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
 
 Several FSMA rules have provisions in which a value is adjusted for inflation and averaged over 3 years. We provide the values based on Price Deflators for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and the average for the most recent 3 years for the applicable rules below. The GDP deflator is not a static number, and changes...

Food Safety Resource #161
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated April 28, 2020
Author: Callahan, C.
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material, Fact Sheets
Topic: Postharvest Handling & Sanitation, Produce Safety Rule (PSR)

Whether your winter storage rooms are getting bare or you are making the transition from sweet corn to potatoes, what better time to give your cooler a once over than right now? Download the Farm Cooler Checklist to help guide your walk-through.

Food Safety Resource #160
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated February 11, 2020
Author: Ronald H. Schmidt
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material, Fact Sheets
Topic: Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Preventive Controls for Human Foods (PCHF)

This document explains the details of equipment cleaning and sanitizing procedures in food-processing and/or food-handling operations.

Food Safety Resource #159
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated December 2, 2022
Type:
Topic: Wildlife, Domestic Animals & Land Use, Produce Safety Rule (PSR), Ag Water (Postharvest), Postharvest Handling & Sanitation

The Farm Storage Facility Loan Program (FSFL) provides low-interest financing so producers can build or upgrade facilities to store commodities. Eligible commodities include grains, oilseeds, peanuts, pulse crops, hay, honey, renewable biomass commodities, fruits and vegetables, floriculture, hops, maple sap, milk, cheese, yogurt, butter, eggs, meat/poultry (unprocessed), rye and aquaculture.

Food Safety Resource #158
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated April 28, 2020
Author: Callahan, C.
Type: Published Rules & Statutes, Tools & Calculators
Topic: General (PSR), Produce Safety Rule (PSR)

The FSMA Produce Safety Rule is an important reference for those helping growers understand requirements under the regulation. But weighing in at 216 pages it can be a burdensome document to read, let alone carry around with you. But there is hope. This blog post summarizes some ways of using the PSR on a mobile device.

Food Safety Resource #157
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated April 28, 2020
Author: Callahan, C. & Chamberlin, A.
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material, Fact Sheets
Topic: Postharvest Handling & Sanitation, Produce Safety Rule (PSR)

Smooth and cleanable surfaces are an important aspect of areas where produce is washed, packed, stored and processed. This is a summary of some of the finish surface materials that are available, their pros, cons and pricing at this time.

Food Safety Resource #156
Added by Chris Callahan • Last updated April 28, 2020
Author: Callahan, C. and Chamberlin, A.
Type: Add-on / Supplemental Educational Material, Fact Sheets
Topic: Wildlife, Domestic Animals & Land Use, Produce Safety Rule (PSR), Postharvest Handling & Sanitation

When considering storage rooms, wash and pack sheds with growers there is one topic that is sure to strike a nerve: RODENTS. This document is intended to provide summary information about measures you can take to reduce crop losses from these pests.

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