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More retail and wholesale buyers are now requiring food safety certification. If you’re looking for information on food safety, good agricultural and good handling practices, including third-party certification or GAPs, you’ve come to the right place. This information will also assist you to check on your current process on the farm with regard to food safety.
This site aims to offer growers like you with resources to successfully complete the process. You will find resources that guide you on exactly how to create the needed information. Guides have been developed to help a farm manager modify and implement the farm which is needed to become certified. The documentation that is needed includes a food safety manual and plan that verifies that the farm has implemented the required action, then completing an audit with a food safety certification inspector.
This site is a collection of resources and tools from partners all across Michigan invested in food safety grower education.
Upcoming Events
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Food Safety: Tackling Traceability Workshop
Date: Mar 5, 2012
Location: Grand Rapids, MILearn how to develop a food safety traceability plan.
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Food Safety: Tackling Traceability Workshop
Date: Mar 13, 2012
Location: Jackson, MILearn to develop a food safety traceability plan.
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Four Season Produce Co-op Food Safety Mock Audit
Date: Mar 16, 2012
Location: Ann Arbor, MIOn-farm food safety mock audit
Develop a Food Safety Plan
Developing a food safety plan for your farm and living it every day is the most important step toward making sure that the food you’re producing is safe to eat. A good plan includes soil and water testing, sanitation and worker hygiene, preharvest management, postharvest handling, and much more, and keeps the records for all of these practices. Find out more about how to develop your own farm’s plan, what it should include and how to implement it here, as well as finding resources and templates.
Getting Food Safety Certified
Many retail and wholesale produce buyers are requiring their farmers to get food safety certified, but the process can be difficult to tackle. Chances are that you’re already practicing food safety on your farm, but having a food safety plan and keeping records are vital to getting that third-party certification. Find out steps you need to take to get certified, what kid of audits are available and who conducts them, and much more, here.