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The Michigan Produce Safety Team

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Naughty or Nice?

Confessions from the Produce Safety Team...

We all want safe food, but we're not always perfect... especially at home. Learn from our mistakes and try not to take these practices back to the farm!

Risk, Risk, Hazard!

Landen Tetil, Produce Safety Technician

We can’t begin to address our food safety risks if we can’t identify the hazards that cause the risks! Risks and hazards are inherent in growing food. Their existence is not the problem - how we choose to MANAGE risks and hazards makes the difference.

What Is Agricultural Water?

Breanna Hannula, Produce Safety Technician

Identifying Agricultural Water on your farm can be more difficult than expected. This brief introduction will help get you started.

The official definition of agricultural water is “water used in any manner where it is intended to or likely to contact the harvestable portion of the crop.” As a farmer, determining when water is considered agricultural water means determining when or if water will contact the produce. Water refers to irrigation or other methods where water is intentionally applied on or near the produce.