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7 Health and Hygiene Subject Areas Training your workers in health and hygiene is one of the top concerns of the Produce Safety Rule. Much of it is common sense, …
The Federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule is in effect NOW!
Are you ready?
The Farm Safe USA Produce Safety Plan makes it easy to comply with the new rules and helps small farmers be produce safe. Written by a farmer for farmers, our plan has the procedures, requirements, records and protocols you’ll need in an easy to understand tool you can use year after year.
A ready-made, easy-to-use food safety plan made for small produce growers.
It has 11 sections total: Section 1 & 2 explain how to use the book and contains fill-in-the-blank farm information and checklists. Section 10 & 11 are additional resources and notes. Sections 3-9, are the seven sections of the FSMA Produce Safety Rule, each with complete procedures, requirements, fill-in-the-blank protocols and records to copy and use on your farm. You don’t need to write your own. We’ve done the work for you! All of this is conveniently organized in a three-ring binder and printed on high-quality, durable paper ready to use on your farm.
Have your workers been trained in good hygiene like handwashing? Or proper use of toilets? Or the importance of food safety? And more.
Do you know what the rule says about your compost temperature and number of turnings? Or your application schedule and record keeping?
What do your workers do when they find poop in the field? Are you monitoring wildlife and recording it?
Do your workers know what is contaminated produce? How often do you clean your harvest bin? Do you have a pest management system?
We are a husband and wife team, and peach farmers, who created the Produce Safety Plan to help small farmers implement the new food safety requirements in an easy, time and money saving format.
There are some farms that do NOT have to follow the Produce Safety Rule. Use our handy resources and see if you are exempt or not.
Here you will find a summary of the Food Safety Modernization Act- Produce Safety Rule explaining which farms and which produce are covered by the law.
The law has several ways to be exempt from the Produce Safety Rule. Read this article to see if you fall under the exemptions.
Helpful links, resources and information about FSMA and the Produce Safety Rule; If you need more specific information about the requirements and regulations.
7 Health and Hygiene Subject Areas Training your workers in health and hygiene is one of the top concerns of the Produce Safety Rule. Much of it is common sense, …
Read this article to understand what the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requires concerning animals, how to implement it on your farm, clarify what you need to do to comply, and …
The Produce Safety Plan was written with the farmer in mind. It is simple, easy to use and easy to navigate. Follow this list of tips on how to use …
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