Produce Safety Alliance Training

If you’re a farmer or greenhouse grower of fresh fruits and vegetables interested in learning and/or meeting regulatory requirements from the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, this workshop is for you.

In this 1-day course trainers will spend approximately 8.5 hours of instruction covering content specific to the produce safety rule and will provide participants with additional information and hands-on activities to support their understanding and implementation of this rule.

This PSA grower training course satisfies the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in §112.22 (c) that requires “At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.”

Enrollment Information

Cost: $125, which includes all course materials, coffee breaks, lunch, and the certificate from AFDO. Registration is limited to 20 people; NO REFUNDS will be issued within one week of the training event.

Registration link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/produce-safety-alliance-training-tickets-583961814507

Schedule:

• 7:30 a.m. — Registration and refreshments
• 8 a.m. — Introduction to the course
• 8:15 a.m. — Module 1: Produce safety
• 9 a.m. — Module 2: Worker health, hygiene, and training
• 10 a.m. — Break
• 10:15 a.m. — Module 3: Soil amendments
• 11 a.m. — Module 4: Wildlife, domesticated animals, and land use
• 12 p.m. — Lunch
• 12:45 p.m. — Module 5: Agricultural water, section 1: Production water
• 2 p.m.  — Section 2: Postharvest water
• 3:15 p.m. — Break
• 3:30 p.m. — Module 6: Postharvest handling and sanitation
• 4:30 p.m. — Module 7: How to develop a farm food safety plan
• 5:30 p.m.  — Adjourn

For questions or additional information, contact Dr. Eduardo Gutierrez Rodriguez at egr10@colostate.edu or Nicholas Trujillo at nicholas.trujillo@colostate.edu.