A two-day Agriculture Safety Certificate Program will be held on June 8 – 9 in Fresno. The program will educate employers on how to improve common workplace safety issues, reduce injury and [...]
The California Citrus Quality Council will host a webinar on Thursday, March 10 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm on FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Proposed Rule on Agricultural Water. FDA’s [...]
On February 8, 2022, The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is allocating $17.6 million to California as part of its effort to strengthen the nation’s infrastructure for pest detection and [...]
The California Office of Emergency Services has partnered with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the County Ag Commissioners to provide FREE N95 masks for agricultural [...]
Have you completed your Produce Safety Rule Grower Training yet? If not, now is the time to sign up for an online course through the Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Upcoming Grower Trainings [...]
New Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) regulations require that importers must have a program in place to verify that their foreign suppliers are producing food in a manner that provides the [...]
Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule (PSR) continues to roll out in California. Since January 26, 2018, produce farms designated as “large” [...]
To identify farms that are most likely required to comply with the Produce Safety Rule (also known as FSMA), the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) obtained limited public [...]
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has begun its on-farm inspections as part of the Produce Safety Rule. Under the Produce Safety Rule, every produce farm must have an [...]