Food Safety Practices on U.S. Produce Farms Before FSMA

Jun 3, 2019 (1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CENTRAL TIME U.S.)

Webinar Description

Before FSMA's Produce Rule was implemented, USDA’s Economic Research Service and National Agricultural Statistics Service surveyed produce growers about their food safety practices. These survey data provide USDA’s first update of national food safety practices since 1999 and since microbial contamination of produce became widely recognized and researched. At the time of the survey, many growers who would be covered by the FSMA Produce Safety Rule (PSR) already had some food safety practices in place. Of these, larger growers had adopted food safety practices at higher rates than smaller growers, and small farms required more changes to meet the PSR standards than large farms.

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Supplemental Documents

Changes in U.S. produce grower food safety practices from 1999 to 2016

Food Safety Requirements for Produce Growers: Retailer Demands and the Food Safety Modernization Act, Economic Information Bulletin No. 206