Produce Safety Support for Michigan Growers
MSU Extension Agrifood Safety provides services and resources to help Michigan’s fresh produce growers meet FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements. We also offer education on Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and general produce safety to ensure the food we grow and eat stays safe.
On-Farm Readiness Reviews give you the opportunity to walk through your operation with a small team of produce safety experts and discuss what you can do on your farm to meet the Produce Safety Rule requirements. We also provide Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Trainings and an Online Produce Safety Supervisor Training for comprehensive produce safety training.
Questions? You can contact Heather Borden at bordenhe@msu.edu, or Alison Work at workalis@msu.edu.
Featured Resources
Water Risk Prioritization Tool
The agricultural water risk prioritization tool was created for farmers to make decisions on the farm about how to protect water quality and mitigate risk to produce safety when growing produce crops.
Produce Bites Podcast
Listen and subscribe to our Produce Bites Podcast for thoughtful discussions on all produce safety topics.
Produce Safety Texting Service
When you sign up for the worker training texting service, you will receive a produce safety text or resource once a week. You may also opt in to receive a quarterly record keeping report.
Latest News
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Produce safety cleaning and sanitizing workshop hosted in Holt, November 18
Published on September 6, 2024
The FSMA Produce Safety Rule requires growers to inspect, maintain, clean and sanitize all food contact surfaces of equipment and tools, but what does this mean? Join experts for this workshop focused on on-farm cleaning and sanitization best practices. -
MSU Extension’s free produce safety texting service expands to serve North Central region
Published on April 17, 2024
The free produce safety texting service, which provides farm workers and their employers with one weekly produce safety text, will now be available to many more growers and their employees. -
Useful tips for produce safety water sampling and the opportunity to learn more
Published on August 23, 2022
Water sampling to meet on-farm produce safety rules and GAP requirements can be confusing. This article offers a few tips to doing it right and announces an opportunity to learn more.
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