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Produce Safety Project to hold meetings on FDA Produce Safety Rules
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing an enforceable produce safety standard for the growing, harvesting, and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables and is in the process of collecting feedback from growers regarding food safety practices on the farm. The Produce Safety Project is holding a meeting in Tifton on March 25th, 2010 providing, fruit and vegetable growers, food retailers, packers, consultants, produce trade association personnel and other interested stakeholders an opportunity to share their thoughts and provide suggestions to top FDA officials about the new regulation and what they think is achievable at the farm level.
The agenda includes speaker Dr. Michael P. Doyle, University of Georgia on Compost,
speakers Dr. Karen Lowell & Dr. Jeffrey Langholz, authors of, Safe and Sustainable: Co-Managing for Food Safety and Ecological Health in California's Central Coast Region on Wildlife/Environmental Concerns and Dr. Trevor Suslow, University of California, Davis speaking on Water Quality. Additionally, Dr. Robert L. Gravani, Cornell University will speak on Worker Health & Hygiene.
Co-sponsored by the National GAPs Program at Cornell University in Rochester, NY, the Food Animal Health Research Program at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, and the Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3) at the University of Maryland, the meetings will encourage a robust discussion on the science of and practical considerations for growing, harvesting and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The FDA has announced its intention to publish a proposed rule b
y October 2010.
The Tifton meeting, which includes breakfast and lunch, is from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center, 15 RDC Road, Tifton, GA.
For more information contact Charles Hall, Executive Director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, 706-845-8200, chall@asginfo.net.
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is developing an enforceable produce safety standard for the growing, harvesting, and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables and is in the process of collecting feedback from growers regarding food safety practices on the farm. The Produce Safety Project is holding a meeting in Tifton on March 25th, 2010 providing, fruit and vegetable growers, food retailers, packers, consultants, produce trade association personnel and other interested stakeholders an opportunity to share their thoughts and provide suggestions to top FDA officials about the new regulation and what they think is achievable at the farm level. The agenda includes speaker Dr. Michael P. Doyle, University of Georgia on Compost,
speakers Dr. Karen Lowell & Dr. Jeffrey Langholz, authors of, Safe and Sustainable: Co-Managing for Food Safety and Ecological Health in California's Central Coast Region on Wildlife/Environmental Concerns and Dr. Trevor Suslow, University of California, Davis speaking on Water Quality. Additionally, Dr. Robert L. Gravani, Cornell University will speak on Worker Health & Hygiene.
Co-sponsored by the National GAPs Program at Cornell University in Rochester, NY, the Food Animal Health Research Program at the Ohio State University in Columbus, OH, the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, and the Center for Food Safety and Security Systems (CFS3) at the University of Maryland, the meetings will encourage a robust discussion on the science of and practical considerations for growing, harvesting and packing of fresh fruits and vegetables.
The FDA has announced its intention to publish a proposed rule b
y October 2010.
The Tifton meeting, which includes breakfast and lunch, is from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the University of Georgia Tifton Campus Conference Center, 15 RDC Road, Tifton, GA.
For more information contact Charles Hall, Executive Director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, 706-845-8200, chall@asginfo.net.
Publication date: 3/11/2010
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