Program Updates
Fresh Produce Safety Trainings Make an Impact in 2010
The N.C. MarketReady Fresh Produce Safety – Field to Family Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training Curriculum is bearing fruit for the nearly 300 growers and more than 120 Extension agents who have completed the training. Read more to find examples of the impacts the training is having on N.C. farms.
Good Agricultural Practices Training Curriculum Now Available
N.C. MarketReady published the Fresh Produce Safety – Field to Family Good Agricultural Practices training curriculum to help fruit and vegetable growers across the state minimize fresh produce safety risks.
N.C. MarketReady to Distribute Fresh Produce Safety Curriculum in November
The N.C. MarketReady Fresh Produce Safety – Field to Family curriculum was distributed to N.C. Cooperative Extension agents in November. The training manual focuses on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs), including what it takes to obtain GAPs certification, and managing risks from field to market.
FDA Listens to Small Farm Fresh Produce Safety Concerns
The N.C. Fresh Produce Safety Task Force will host representatives from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Monday, September 28, 2009, in Raleigh, for a Small Farm Produce Safety Listening Session. Several dozen small farm produce growers are expected to participate in this meeting to share concerns about [...]
How the Livestock Industry Traceability Model may be Applicable to the Produce Traceability Initiative
Judson Armentrout, Director for Sustainability Practice, FoodLogiQ, presents a case study of an industry led national initiative in the livestock industry highlighting lessons learned and best practices that may be applicable to the produce traceability initiative.
United Fresh Produce Traceability Initiative
The Produce Traceability Initiative, sponsored by the Canadian Produce Marketing Association, Produce Marketing Association and United Fresh Produce Association, is designed to help the industry maximize the effectiveness of current traceback procedures, while developing a standardized industry approach to enhance the speed and efficiency of traceability systems for the future, For more information on this [...]
Model Code of Practice for Produce Safety Drafted by Association of Food and Drug Officials
Larry Gabriel, Assistant Director of Regulatory Programs, N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Food and Drug Division, explains the standards for good agricultural practices (GAPs) set forth in the 1998 originating document. The FDA recently announced a comment period to seek information about current agricultural practices and conditions, risk factors associated with these practices, and possible measures that FDA could implement that would enhance the safety of fresh produce.
