Reference the rules

The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and its recent re-proposals for the Produce Safety Rule, Preventative Controls for Human Food Rule and the Foreign Supplier Verification Program are all important legislation growers must know and apply to stay compliant. Keep up with these changes — and any future changes — using these resources. 
 

The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA)

• A collaboration between Cornell University, FDA and USDA to help growers meet regulatory requirements for new proposals of FSMA through information and training of produce safety and co-management practices.
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Facebook: ProduceSafetyAlliance

PSA Flier and Quick Info on the Produce Rule (PDF)
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Produce Safety Alliance News Page
• Archived monthly newsletters and recent activities.
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National Collaborator Contacts
• An up to date list of state collaborators that growers can contact to get information about local trainings or help with GAPs and FSMA.
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Points of Contact
Elizabeth A. Bihn, Ph.D. — Produce Safety Alliance Director
 (315) 787-2625    eab38@cornell.edu

Gretchen L. Wall, M.S. — Produce Safety Alliance Coordinator
 (607) 255-6806    glw53@cornell.edu
 

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Produce Safety Rule Homepage
• Includes a summary of key revisions (water quality standard and testing, manure strategy, defining covered farms, withdrawal of qualified exemptions process further clarified and provisions on wild animals) and compliance dates. 
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Does the FSMA Proposed Rule for Produce Safety Apply to You?
• A flow diagram of Proposed Standards for Produce Safety - Coverage and Exemptions/Exclusions for Proposed 21 PART 112, updated Sept. 19, 2014
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Background on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
• A breakdown of FDA’s key new authorities and mandates, including Prevention, Inspection and Compliance, Response, Imports and Enhanced Partnerships (also available in PDF).
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Sign up for email updates on FSMA
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Sprout Safety Alliance (SSA)

SSA Homepage
• An FDA/IFSH-IIT Alliance that develops core curriculum, training and outreach programs for sprout growers to enhance industry understanding and implementation of best practices and requirements relative to the rule on standards for produce safety required by FSMA.
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Updated regulations pertaining to sprout safety
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Point of Contact
Kaping Deng, Ph.D. — Sprout Safety Alliance Co-chair
 (708) 563-8170    kdeng3@iit.edu

 

To learn more about these re-proposals, see “FSMA re-proposals: How big of a deal are they?” by David Acheson published on pg. 34 of Produce Grower’s February issue.