Grower training course offered next week

The Colorado Department of Agriculture, Colorado State University Extension, and the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association invite produce growers to a Produce Safety Rule Grower Training Thursday, May 11, at the Colorado Department of Agriculture, 305 Interlocken Parkway, Broomfield.

“This training will provide information on produce safety, the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule, Good Agricultural Practices, and co-management of natural resources and food safety,” said Martha Sullins, CSU Extension and co-chair of the CFVGA Food Safety Committee.

She explained that the course is one way to satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in § 112.22(c) that requires “at least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.”

The course will cover introduction to produce safety; worker health, hygiene and training; soil amendments; wildlife, domesticated animals and land use; agricultural water (part I: production water, part II: postharvest water); postharvest handling and sanitation; and how to develop a farm food safety plan.
 

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