Attention CCM Members, would you like more information about new food safety regulations you are required to follow under the Food Safety Modernization Act's (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule? The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has created a new website and newsletter designed specifically to educate California produce farmers on how to comply with [...]
Nope, just water, trade, Farm Bill, and guest worker legislation attracted CCM’s attention this week in Washington, D.C. as CCM President Joel Nelsen and CCM Executive Vice President Casey Creamer made the rounds on Capitol Hill. There were side visits to FDA and USDA about reducing food safety costs and burdens on a low-risk commodity [...]
The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced in a press release that DPR’s Air Monitoring Network found that all 36 pesticides monitored at four different sites never exceeded any screening level or regulatory target. Among the 36 pesticides monitored some included, chlorpyrifos, endosulfan, malathion, acephate, along with many others. The four sites that DPR used [...]
CCM co-hosted a dozen FDA representatives this past week as the Administration, defined as USDA & FDA, have agreed that regulations pertaining to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) are overly burdensome and expensive. CCM President Joel Nelsen and CCM Director Gus Carranza visited with the FDA who were located in Western offices and the [...]
Our workshops this year covered some of the most popular topics for Ag right now, Water, FSMA, and ACP/HLB. Each workshop was well attended, showing the importance for industry members to have more knowledge on these topics. All Things Water The first workshop of the day focused on critical water issues where CCM is actively [...]
The U.S. FDA’s Produce Safety Rule requires that for each farm, “At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standard curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.” The deadline for compliance is January 2018. The following [...]
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., in an address to State Agricultural Commissioners, outlined a number of immediate next steps in a comprehensive approach to ensuring successful implementation of the Produce Safety Rule established by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Speaking in New Orleans at the annual conference of the National Association of State [...]
The FDA has released a Compliance Guide for Small Businesses under FSMA Produce Safety Rule. Small Entity Compliance Guides (SECGs) are designed to help small businesses meet federal standards. They are among the resources that the FDA is providing to support compliance with the new FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) standards. The FDA Small [...]
The U.S. FDA’s Produce Safety rule requires that for each farm, “At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standard curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.” The date for complying with this rule is Jan. [...]
A few weeks ago CCM wrote a letter to Whole Foods regarding their Responsibly Grown program expressing concerns that California citrus would never qualify or be merchandised as “responsibly grown,” creating a huge disservice to the industry. The letter triggered a phone call and invitation from their produce and sustainability team leaders to meet with CCM [...]