Produce Safety Rule Updates October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Scott Monroe and Amanda J Deering In the last two months, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released several communications dealing with the Produce Safety Rule (PRS). The following is a brief summary of[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
New SafeProduceIN Website is Up and Running October 24, 2017 - From Issue: 637 By: Scott Monroe, Amanda J Deering and Rhonda Taylor The new SafeProduceIN website is now live and may be accessed at www.SafeProduceIN.com. SafeProduceIN is a collaboration between Purdue Extension, the Indiana State Department of Agriculture, and the Indiana State[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
Service and Companion Animals at Direct-Market Venues June 8, 2017 - From Issue: 629 By: Scott Monroe and Amanda Mosiman Managing domestic animals in a direct market venue can be very challenging. While best practice is to exclude domestic animals from production and packing areas, produce may be exposed to[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
Food Safety Considerations for Flooded Fields May 4, 2017 - From Issue: 627 By: Scott Monroe and Amanda J Deering Read More Recent heavy rains across much of the state have resulted in widespread ponding and flooding in fields. This creates multiple considerations for those growing produce for fresh consumption. Flooding and[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
North Central Regional Center for FSMA Training, Extension, and Technical Assistance Seeking Grower Input – Round 2 January 31, 2017 - From Issue: 623 By: Amanda J Deering The North Central Regional FSMA Center is again seeking fresh produce growers input in order to determine how they can help growers comply with the Produce Safety Rule of FSMA. [Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
North Central Region Center for FSMA Seeking Grower Input September 15, 2016 - From Issue: 621 By: Amanda J Deering Read More Amanda Deering is the Indiana Leader for the North Central Region Center for Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Training, Extension and Technical Assistance. As the state leader, she is responsible for[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
What’s Causing My Water Test Results to Change? August 18, 2016 - From Issue: 619 By: Scott Monroe I have recently received calls from growers who use surface water to irrigate produce crops. Their concern was that the results of their current water tests were very different from[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety Irrigation Surface water
Researchers Looking for Spinach and Lettuce from NW Indiana April 28, 2016 - From Issue: 611 By: Lindsay Gielda Do you grow spinach or lettuce in Northwest Indiana? Drs. Lindsay Gielda and Scott Bates in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at Purdue University Northwest would like to collect a[Read More…] Article Categories: Lettuce Spinach Article Tags: Food Safety
Produce Rule Water Testing Requirements – Am I Covered? April 26, 2016 - From Issue: 611 By: Scott Monroe In January 2016, Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption, otherwise known as the Produce Rule, became law. This rule, as part of the Food[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety
Food and Drug Administration Issues Request for Comments April 11, 2016 - From Issue: 610 By: Scott Monroe The Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Rule addresses many issues with regard produce food safety. One issue not addressed is the issue of biological soil amendments of animal origin (i.e. manure). When[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Food Safety General Information Organic Production
