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The Produce Safety Team

August 1st, 2022

Revisiting our New Year's Resolutions...

I will offer a home container washing station (or other option) for my u-pick customers who wish to bring their own containers

FSMA Produce Safety Rule & Packing Containers

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Micah Hutchison

Produce Safety Technician

The FSMA Produce Safety Rule states that only new, single-use or cleaned reusable containers should be used to pack produce.

Check out this infographic for more information on the best containers to use to meet this requirement.

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Podcast Episode: Food Safety on U-Pick Farms

This episode features Barb Roth, owner of Red Barn Market in Lowell Michigan, and Mariel Borgman, Community Food Systems Educator with MSU Extension. They discuss various food safety risks on U-Pick farms and how you can mitigate them.

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What the FSMA Produce Safety Rule Says About Hosting Visitors on Your Farm

Farms such as U-Picks, Agritourism ventures, and CSA's routinely welcome visitors onto their farms. Farms covered by the FSMA Produce Safety Rule are required to inform visitors of their on-farm food safety policies. Examples of this may include informing visitors about areas where animals are not allowed, or the general expectations for visitors who are feeling sick. Signs are one way to help visitors understand what is expected of them!

Check out these resources to help with visitor communication:

Produce Safety Education: Farm Signs (Michigan State University Extension)

Food Safety Modernization Act: Visitors (Penn State University Extension)

Free Food Safety Sign Maker Program (National Farmers Union)

Handling Farm Visitors Who Bring Animals

Service animals are different from emotional support animals

The FSMA Produce Safety Rule states that growers must make efforts to keep animals out of food production areas. However, this can be a challenge for farms that allow visitors! Check out this article from the University of Georgia Extension to learn more about how the Produce Safety Rule and The Americans with Disabilities Act intertwine.

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Resources to help you achieve your Produce Safety Goals

FREE Worker Training Texting Service

FREE On-Farm Readiness Review

Annual Produce Safety Supervisor Training

Michigan On-Farm Produce Safety Team

1715 Lansing Ave, Jackson, MI 49202 | MSU Extension MACD Produce Safety Technicians

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