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Description
When farms exhibit a relatively high degree of chemical, fecal and E. coli contamination, this is an indication of farm level mismanagement of chemical and water resources. Analyses for chemical and sampling of produce and water are currently considered too expensive ($365/sample) for practical application at small farms. Water sampling for biological contaminants ($51/comprehensive test) should be required and should be initiated at the field level rather than at the source due to probable biofilm bacterial buildup in irrigation pipes.
All fields should be tested for water contamination due to the high coliform and fecal coliform levels found in this limited study. Water sampling for biological contaminants should be conducted in a manner that provides the farm with measurement and management information.
Learning Objectives
- Agricultural Water
- Testing
- Biological Soil Amendments
- Raw Manure
- Stabilized Compost
- Domesticated and Wild Animals Equipment, Tools and Buildings Worker Training and Health and Hygiene.
Areas Covered
- The produce safety rules
- Normal produce farm problems
- How to collect the basic data and begin to improve produce food safety controls
- How to establish good sampling procedures
- How to document all improvements
- What are some costs involved
Background
- A produce raw agricultural commodity (RAC) that is grown domestically and a produce RAC that will be imported or offered for import in any State or territory of the United States
- Fruits and vegetables (includes mushrooms, sprouts, nuts, herbs
- Mixes of intact fruits and vegetables
- Some Exemptions Apply (e.g., grains, not consumed raw, kill steps, less than $500K sold in last 3 years, etc.)
Why Should You Attend
- Personnel Qualifications and Training
- Health and Hygiene
- Agricultural Water
- Biological Soil Amendments
- Domesticated and wild animals
- Equipment, tools, and building
- Sprouts.
Who Should Attend
- All produce farm workers, farm owners
- Produce handlers in distribution, packing and processing
- Distributor, retail, processor buyers
- Military commissary produce specialists
- Future Farmers of America.
Speaker
Dr. John Ryan holds a Ph.D. in research and statistical methods. He has recently retired from his position as the administrator for the Hawaii State Department of Agriculture's Quality Assurance Division where he headed up Hawaii’s commodity inspection, food safety certification, and measurement standards service groups. He has won awards for technology for his visionary and pioneering food traceability work. He is the president of the Sanitary Cold Chain (website at http://www.SanitaryColdChain.com). The Sanitary Cold Chain provides food safety assessment, training, audit, and certification services to shippers, carriers, and receivers impacted by the new law.
His latest book “Guide to Food Safety during Transportation: Controls, Standards and Practices” 2nd Edition. He has spent over 25 years implementing high-technology quality control systems for international corporations in Korea, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and the United States.