Risk Prioritization Tool for Agricultural Water

The 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.

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Risk Prioritization Tool for Agricultural Water

FDA published revised requirements for pre-harvest water quality management under FSMA PSR Subpart E: Agricultural Water. The agricultural water Risk Prioritization Tool was created before publication of revised Subpart E and is based entirely on Good Agricultural Practices and other science-based principles. The authors expect that use of the Risk Prioritization Tool can be a useful aid for understanding the agricultural water system on a farm, including the water source, distribution systems, and conditions that may allow fecal-oral pathogens to enter the water. However the output of the Risk Prioritization Tool IS NOT EQUIVALENT TO AND IS NOT A SUBSTITUTE for doing an agricultural water assessment as described in revised Subpart E.

The links below will allow you to download either the Excel or the paper version of the Risk Prioritization Tool for Agricultural Water. These versions of the tool do not have any entries. After clicking the link below, navigate to your downloads folder to access the tools.

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Training Scenarios

The purpose of these scenarios is to show you how to use the Excel-based or paper copy of the Risk Prioritization Tool. (Opens in new window)

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Fran the Farmer and their irrigation pond

Download the risk tool with entries pre-filled for a surface water scenario here:

Fran the Farmer Risk Tool



Produce Paul and their river-irrigated farm

Download the risk tool with entries pre-filled for a running water scenario here:

Produce Paul Risk Tool



Greg the Grower and their shallow well

Download the risk tool with entries pre-filled for a ground water scenario here:

Greg the Grower Risk Tool



This webpage is made possible by Food Safety Outreach Program [grant no. 2020-70020-33023] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

The information contained in the Risk Prioritization Tool for Agricultural Water (RPT) is provided for educational and informational purposes only, and should not be construed as legal advice or as an assurance of effective practices for regulatory compliance or compliance with third-party food safety audits. The content of the RPT contains general information and is based on general scientific principles. The information is not guaranteed to be correct, complete or current and it is not specific to your water source or farm setting. The creators and the Universities they represent make no warranty, expressed or implied, about the accuracy or reliability of the information in the RPT or the results generated.

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