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Recent FDA Guidance on FSMA Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls Rule

Nicole Cook

Oct 23, 2018
7 min

Recent FDA Guidance on FSMA Produce Safety Rule and Preventive Controls Rule

By Nicole Cook This article is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. If you’ve been following this blog for news about updates about the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), then yout know that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been busy over the past year issuing new guidance on its FSMA’s Produce Safety and Preventive Controls rules. Regulatory agencies, like the FDA, issue “Guidance” and “Fact Sheets” to answer specific qu

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November Food Safety Modernization Act Trainings- Do You Need to Attend?

Sarah Everhart

Nov 8, 2017
3 min

November Food Safety Modernization Act Trainings- Do You Need to Attend?

By Sarah Everhart This is not a substitute for legal advice. See here for the site’s reposting policy. The University of Maryland, University of Maryland Extension, and Maryland Department of Agriculture will host two Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Alliance Grower Trainings this fall. The first is scheduled for Monday, November 27 at the Cecil County Extension office in Elkton (register here), and the second is scheduled for Thursday, November 30 at the

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Sep 22, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Sept. 22nd

By Sarah Fielder Updated Right-to-Farm Law Fact Sheet is Now Available Maryland producers and neighbors often have questions on the state’s right-to-farm law. The General Assembly updated the law to include commercial seafood operations. To aid these operations and ag operations, Paul Goeringer and Lori Lynch updated their popular fact sheet to reflect the changes. You can check out the fact sheet, here https://go.umd.edu/RTFMD. Save the Date for the Ag Outlook and Policy

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Feb 24, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Feb. 24th

By Sarah Fielder U.S. Loses 8,000 Farms and a Million Acres of Farmland. A report released this week from the U.S. Department of Agriculture finds that the number of farms in the country has fallen by 8,000 from 2015 to 2016 and total land in farms decreased by a million acres during that year. To read the full story click here: https://go.umd.edu/qp5 Food Safety Modernization Act (Produce Safety Rule) Training at UMES March 6, 2017. Register by March 1st online at https://go

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Feb 17, 2017
2 min

Weekly Roundup Feb. 17th

By MD Risk Management Blog Farmers Encouraged to Attend Trainings on Food Safety Modernization Act The Maryland Department of Agriculture, in partnership with the University of Maryland and University of Maryland Extension, is offering three trainings for food safety: 1) FDA-approved training curriculum for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Rule, 2) FDA approved training curriculum for FSMA Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule, and 3) Basic GAP training. F

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Who Needs To Attend a Training for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)?

Sarah Everhart

Nov 23, 2016
3 min

Who Needs To Attend a Training for the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)?

By Sarah Everhart If you are a regular reader of this blog, you have likely read many posts in the past year on the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the Produce Safety and Preventive Controls Rules. Although we have tried to make FSMA understandable, it is a dense federal law with many varying requirements and compliance dates depending on the type and size of a farmer’s operation. Recently, FSMA training courses available to growers in 2017 were announced. The pur

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Sarah Everhart

Aug 24, 2016
2 min

FDA Inspections on the Farm

By Sarah Everhart Although farmers might not be surprised to face an inspection from a state agency such as the Maryland Departments of Agriculture or Environment, they may be unprepared for an inspection from the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Understanding the legal authority and permissible scope of an FDA inspection can alleviate confusion surrounding this type of inspection and help the process run a bit smoother. The federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDC

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Wondering if Food Safety Modernization Act Applies to You?

Sarah Everhart

Aug 16, 2016
1 min