FROM THE DESK OF

The Produce Safety Team

August 29th, 2022

Meeting Your Worker Training Resolutions

Let's revisit our produce safety resolutions. Have you requested feedback from employees to improve your worker training?

Farm Worker Training Policies

Landen Tetil, Produce Safety Technician

All farm workers must be trained on farm policies, produce safety policies, and job-specific duties at least once annually. This template for farm worker training will help make sure your farm's training program checks all the boxes for the Produce Safety Rule. Inside, find information on who needs to receive training, in-depth details on important training topics, and a sample record-keeping document to keep you organized.

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The Case for Informal Worker Training

Phil Tocco, Michigan State University Extension

The FSMA Produce Safety Rule talks about training as a formal process that needs to happen on every farm every year. Getting produce safety training once a year, though, doesn’t always send the right message about how important produce safety is to the grower. Informal “training” does a much better job of reminding everyone what the right thing to do is. This article outlines two resources from the Michigan On-farm Produce Safety Team that can help with these informal trainings.