FSMA

FDA Will Not Enforce Certain Provisions in Four FSMA Regulations

Today, the FDA announced that it plans to exercise enforcement discretion on particular provisions of the following FDA Food Safety Modernization Act rules: the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food rule (PC Human Food); Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals rule (PC Animal Food); Foreign Supplier Verification Programs rule (FSVP); and Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption rule (Produce Safety).

Sonia Salas Jan 04 2018 in Food Safety

Workshops Now Available to Help Growers Meet FSMA Training Requirements

Western Growers and AgSafe will be hosting a series of produce safety workshops from January through May to assist California growers in meeting the training requirements under the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) produce safety regulation. The produce rule requires companies to employ at least one person who has completed the equivalent of this eight-hour class. These classes will be offered in Northern and Central California production areas and will be presented in both English and Spanish.

This eight hour class will cover the following topics:

Sonia Salas Jan 02 2018 in Agriculture

Produce Safety Rule Workshops Now Available in Oxnard and Mecca

Western Growers and AgSafe will be hosting a series of two-day workshops in California to assist fresh produce companies in meeting training requirements under the FDA's Produce Safety Rule: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption. Workshops will be available in Imperial, Mecca and Oxnard.

The two-day workshop will kick off with a PSA Grower Training Course and conclude with an engaging course on how to implement the FDA's Produce Safety Rule. Participants can register to attend one of both days.

Sonia Salas Nov 14 2017 in Food Safety