[FSRRN: Food Safety Research and Response Network]

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The production management practices provided below reflect industry guidelines that have been provided to producers to reduce the presence of food-safety pathogens in produce.

Fruit | Tomatoes | Leafy Greens | PeppersNuts | Mushrooms

FSRRN information pertaining to E. coli outbreak in packaged spinach

FSRRN information pertaining to Salmonella outbreak in peanut butter

GENERAL

FDA Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition:
DRAFT Guide to Minimize Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, March 2007

Cornell University Good Agricultural Practices Program:
Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Grower's Guide [PDF]

University of Florida IFAS Extension:
Food Safety on the Farm - An Overview of Good Agricultural Practices

University of Florida IFAS Extension:
Good Worker Health and Hygiene Practices: Evaluation and Importance in GAPs and GMPs

Cornell University Good Agricultural Practices Program:
Reduce Microbial Risks pamphlet [PDF]

Kansas Food*A*Syst:
A Food Safety Risk Management Guide for the Producer

University of California:
Good Agricultural Practices [848kb PDF]

New England Extension Food Safety Consortium:
Good Agricultural Practices

Iowa State University Extension:
On-Farm Food Safety: Guide to Good Agricultural Practices

American Society for Microbiology:
Preharvest Food Safety and Security

University of Rhode Island Cooperative Extension:
GAP Guidelines [112kb PDF]

Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service:
Food Safety Inspections: Basic Compliance Checklists for GMPs, GAPs, SSOPs, and HACCP [1.2MB PDF]

Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service:
Pre-HAACP Programs for Food Processors: GMPs, SSOPs, and GAPs [126kb PDF]

Iowa State University Extension:
On-Farm Food Safety: Guide to Cleaning and Sanitizing

University of California Vegetable Research and Information Center:
Guidelines for Controlling L. monocytogenes in Small to Medium-Scale Packing and Fresh-Cut Operations [33kb PDF]

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs:
Improving On-Farm Food Safety Through Good Irrigation Practices

 


FRUIT    [TOP]

Washington State University Cooperative Extension:
Reducing Food Safety Risks in Apples: A Self Assessment Workbook for Producers of Apples, Juice and Cider

Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences:
Good Management Practices for Safe Apple Growing, Packing, and Cider Production

US FDA/CFSAN:
Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Melon Supply Chain

USDA:
A Model HACCP Plan for Small-Scale, Fresh-Squeezed (Not Pasteurized) Citrus Juice Operations

Citrus Research Board:
Good Agricultural Practices for Citrus Growers (PDF)

University of Florida IFAS Extension:
Fresh Juice Processing GMPs

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs:
A Grower's Guide to Preventing Food-borne Illness from Berry Crops


TOMATOES    [TOP]

US FDA/CFSAN:
Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Fresh Tomato Supply

University of California Davis, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources:
Key Points of Control and Management of Microbial Food Safety: Information for Producers, Handlers, and Processors of Fresh Market Tomatoes (PDF)

University of California Vegetable Research and Information Center:
Prevention of Posthavest Water Infiltration into Fresh Market Tomatoes: Food Safety and Spoilage Control Practices (PDF)


LETTUCE/LEAFY GREENS    [TOP]

US FDA/CFSAN:
Commodity Specific Food Safety Guidelines for the Production and Harvest of Lettuce and Leafy Greens

Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs
Good Agricultural Practices for the Production of Leafy Greens


PEPPERS    [TOP]

New Mexico Chile Task Force
GAPs: What Growers Should Know


NUTS    [TOP]

Almond Board of California
Good Agricultural Practices (3mb PDF)


MUSHROOMS    [TOP]

Penn State University Department of Food Science:
Mushroom Farm Food Safety and Security Self-Assessment [324kb PDF]

 

    


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