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Register Now for June 24th Lunch and Learn on Air Quality Regs

Are you up to speed on issues related to air quality and Best Management Practices (BMPs)? If not, join Western Growers for another of our ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinars which will provide you with an overview of current regulatory issues at federal and state levels. Matthew Allen from Western Growers’ Sacramento office will focus on the ...

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WG Solar Energy Initiative Update

Western Growers continues to communicate with solar providers and financial institutions involved with Western Growers Solar Energy Initiative (SEI) to periodically provide information that may be useful to WG members interested in solar power. This update contains information related to the federal tax credit deadline and some considerations to determine if solar power is the ...

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TOMORROW — Air Quality Lunch & Learn Webinar

Are you up to speed on issues related to air quality and Best Management Practices (BMPs)? If not, join Western Growers for another of our ‘Lunch and Learn’ webinars which will provide you with an overview of current regulatory issues at federal and state levels. Matthew Allen from Western Growers’ Sacramento office will focus on the ...

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Listeria Best Practices Covered in Upcoming AZ Workshop

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the next Listeria monocytogenes Intervention & Control Workshop in Yuma, Arizona this winter. Western Growers has partnered with United Fresh and PMA on December 14-15, 2017, to offer this workshop at the Hilton Garden Inn Yuma/Pivot Point. This program has been specifically designed for the produce industry. During this ...

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Produce Safety Rule Workshops Now Available

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 ...

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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 ...

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UC PostHarvest Center Publishes List of Resources to Reduce Impacts of Wildfires on Crops

The PostHarvest Center at the University of California issues a monthly e-newsletter that includes information and resources on how to reduce postharvest losses and improve the quality, safety and marketability of fresh horticultural products. With many of our members being affected by the ongoing Southern California wildfires, we are sharing a detailed list of resources compiled ...

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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 ...

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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…

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WG, AgSafe Offering Workshops 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 ...

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FSMA Produce Safety Rule Goes Into Effect January 26

Starting tomorrow, domestic and international produce farms designated as “large” (those with annual sales greater than $500,000) are expected to comply with most provisions of the Produce Safety Rule, a federal law created under the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Smaller farms will be phased in over the next few years. The Produce Safety Rule ...

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Preventative Control Regulation for Packinghouses Begins January 26

The new FDA Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule (officially known as the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food), has been in effect for some food-registered facilities since September 2016. However, certain “large” produce operations that are not considered a “farm” because they are off-farm and have a ...

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WG to Host FSPCA Foreign Supplier Verification Course

Western Growers will be hosting a Train-the-Trainer FSPCA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) course on April 17 – 19, 2018. This course combines the FSPCA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs participant course with the FSPCA Foreign Supplier Verification Programs Lead Instructor course. This combination course is coordinated by the Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance…

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FDA Explains Next Steps in Implementing FSMA in the US and Overseas

January 26 marked the first major compliance date for the Produce Safety Rule, one of the FDA’s new food safety regulations promulgated as result of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). FDA has begun distributing information to help impacted growers comply with the new rule that applies to domestic and imported produce.  Last January, the ...

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Are You FSMA Compliant? Upcoming Lunch & Learn Webinar Provides Guidance on Meeting Food Safety Regulations

Join us for our February 26 Lunch & Learn Webinar as food safety experts from FDA’s Produce Safety Network and iDecisionSciences provide an update on FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) compliance, enforcement and resources for produce operations. As a result of FSMA regulations going into effect, the produce sector is now subject to new ...

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WG, AgSafe Now Offering Workshops to Help Growers Meet FSMA Training Requirements

Western Growers and AgSafe will be hosting a series of produce safety workshops 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 ...

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Seven Workshops Left to Help Growers Meet FSMA Training Requirements

This month, Western Growers and AgSafe will be hosting the last of their produce safety workshops to assist California growers in meeting the training requirements under the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) produce safety regulation. The FDA’s produce rule requires companies to employ at least one person who has completed the equivalent of this eight-hour ...

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FSMA Implementation Guides, On-Farm Readiness Reviews Now Available

Western Growers has developed FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) implementation guides to assist Western Growers member in understanding and complying with the new food safety laws. Members can access the implementation guides for the following rules: Produce Safety Rule: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption. Click here ...

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Two Workshops Available in September on Listeria Best Practices

Don’t miss the opportunity to attend the next Listeria monocytogenes Intervention & Control Workshop in Fresno and Monterey, California, in September. Western Growers has partnered with United Fresh Produce Association and Produce Marketing Association to offer these two workshops. In addition, the California Fresh Fruit Association is joining the partnership for the Fresno…

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Western Growers to Host PSA Train-the-Trainer Class in August

Western Growers is hosting a train-the-trainer course on August 28-29, 2018, in Irvine. This training effort is meant to develop a cadre of trainers able to teach the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Course. The U.S.  Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Produce Safety Rule establishes science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing ...

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