Produce Safety Rule

Food Safety – Approved Grower Courses Available

FSMA Produce Safety Rule/Produce Safety Alliance Approved Grower Training Course    December 5 and 6, 2018; December 7, Snow Date  8:30 am through 3:30 pm  Middlesex County Extension Center  1066 Saybrook Road  Haddam, Connecticut 06438  Registration Deadline Monday, November 26  Space is limited to 30 participants.  REGISTRATION: Course fees are $50 for Connecticut Farmers; $150 […]

Food Safety for Produce Buyers

On July 17, UConn Extension and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture hosted a meeting in Storrs for operations (distributors, schools, institutions, restaurants, grocery stores, and foodservice operations) that buy fresh produce from farms in southern New England. A team of regulators and produce safety educators from Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island conceived and developed the […]

Produce Safety Training

Some medium to larger Connecticut farms need to comply with the Produce Safety Rule (PSR). This includes taking an approved food safety course, implement- ing certain practices that can minimize risk, and keeping records related to those practices. The Connecticut Department of Agriculture conducts a variety of activi- ties related to implementation of the rule, […]