{"id":872,"date":"2019-03-04T11:55:11","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T16:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/?p=872"},"modified":"2019-03-05T08:49:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T13:49:33","slug":"produce-safety-alliance-grower-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/2019\/03\/produce-safety-alliance-grower-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Training for Farmers and Growers on Produce Safety Rule\u00a0 March 15, 2019<\/em><\/h1>\n

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WHAT:<\/strong> This one-day workshop is being offered to produce growers. The training will cover the standardized curriculum designed by the Produce Safety Alliance, which meets the regulatory requirements of the Produce Safety Rule under FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act). The course will provide a foundation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and co-management information, FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements, and details on how to develop a farm food safety plan. Individuals who participate in this course are expected to gain a basic understanding of:
\n\u2022 Requirements in the FSMA Produce Safety Rule and how to meet them successfully;
\n\u2022 Microorganisms relevant to produce safety and where they may be found on the farm;
\n\u2022 How to identify microbial risks, practices that reduce risks, and how to begin implementing produce safety practices on the farm; and
\n\u2022 Parts of a farm food safety plan and how to begin writing one.<\/p>\n

WHEN:<\/strong> Friday, March 15th, 2019
\n8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
\n**Please bring $20 in exact change or check**<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> Lowndes County Extension Office
\n2102 East Hill Avenue
\nValdosta, Georgia 31601<\/p>\n

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:<\/strong> Any produce grower who grows, packs, harvests, and\/or holds covered produce, makes over $25,000 in annual produce sales (on average, based on the past three years of sales), and does not qualify for a Produce Safety Rule exemption is required to attend this training under new federal regulations. As of January 2018, larger grower operations (with more than $500,000 in annual sales) must comply with the Produce Safety Rule.<\/p>\n

WHY: <\/strong>This PSA Grower Training Course satisfies the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in \u00a7112.22(c), which requires \u2018At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized\u00a0 curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.\u2019<\/p>\n

REGISTRATION: <\/strong>To register, please follow the link: https:\/\/bit.ly\/Lowndespsagt<\/a>
\nRegistration deadline: March 12th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On March 15, UGA Extension Specialists along with the Georgia Dept. of Agriculture staff will be conducting a Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training in Valdosta.\u00a0 This is the training mandated by growers selling fresh produce that must comply with the Produce Safety Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act in order to sell produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/122"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=872"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":874,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/872\/revisions\/874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/peaches\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}