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For farmers who have never written a farm food safety plan, it may be an intimidating experience. Luckily, there are many organizations, including the Michigan On-Farm Produce Safety program, who have created a tool to help farmers get over this potential writer’s block: the Food Safety Plan Template.
Templates are a great place to start when you’re not sure where to start. However, downloading a template and adding in your farm’s name is not enough to really say, “I’ve got a farm food safety plan!” Good templates are designed to be flexible and easily customizable to meet a farm’s unique needs, not so rigid that a farm needs to squish itself into it. The end-goal is a plan that accurately reflects your farm. Here are some of our best tips for making a template work for any farm.
1. Choose the right template.
Good templates are designed to be flexible and easily customizable to meet a farm’s unique needs. Look for templates that are specifically designed to be customized. You should be able to easily add and delete sections as needed to make the plan reflect what you do on your farm.
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