September 2018
PSA Grower Training
This curriculum covers the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements as well as Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) for on-farm food safety. This training is one way to meet the requirements of 21CFR Part 112.22(c) which requires that at least one supervisor or responsible party from a farm subject to the FSMA Produce Safety Rule must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standard-ized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Adminis-tration. The Food…
Find out more »Aquaponics and Intensive Containerized Hydroponics: Regulatory and Technical Considerations
This workshop focuses regulatory considerations tied to production of fish and plants in integrated food production systems. Strategies for ensuring food safety in both coupled and decoupled systems will be addressed as well as current technical limitations. Input into model food protection plans will be solicited with an emphasis on hazard identification and preventive controls. Producing fish and fresh product in aquaponics facilities provides an alternative for intensive and based agriculture reducing the need for artificial inputs Aquaponics is a…
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