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2-day Farm Food Safety Training with GAPs
Posted 4/22/2014

2-day Farm Food Safety Training with GAPs

A Produce Safety Workshop

Cornell Cooperative Extension Albany County
24 Martin Road Voorheesville, New York 12186

April 30 & May 1, 2014

Day 1 & Day 2 run from 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

$50/farm to attend. Up to 2 people/farm may attend.

See below for requirements & registration info.

Class size is limited. CALL NOW!

Co-sponsored by: The NWF Local Economies Project, Cornell Cooperative Extension, The National GAPs Program, The Produce Safety Alliance, Cornell University, and the New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets,

Goals of this workshop:

Ø Understand how GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) impact produce safety

Ø Learn what is needed to have a USDA GAP/GHP audit and the 2 types (Harmonized & Basic)

Ø Begin writing a farm food safety plan that complies with a USDA GAP/GHP Audit

Growers participating in this training will receive:

Ø A flash drive pre-loaded with templates to use in writing your own farm food safety plan including templates of record keeping forms

Ø Farm Worker Training CD

Ø Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Grower Self Assessment for Food Safety Risks

Ø Bag with lots of other resources

Bring the following items with you on day 2 of the workshop:

a. Laptop computer unless you reserved one of ours in advance*

b. A list of crops you want to be USDA GAP/GHP certified in (if planning to participate in an audit)

c. Farm maps with fields outlined that contain crops to be certified

d. If you have a packinghouse, bring a packinghouse floor plan that shows product flow from the time it enters the packinghouse until it leaves. Can be hand drawn and simple.

e. A list of services you have contracted. This may include pest control, portable toilet rental/servicing, trucking/transportation, etc. and any recordkeeping documents they supply.

f. Lots of questions

To register: Call Cathy at 845-344-1234. Lunch will be provided. Let Cathy know if you any special dietary needs (vegetarian, nut allergy etc.).

*Also let Cathy know if you will need a computer. Best to bring your own laptop to make it easier but if you don’t have one we can loan you one.

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