Food Safety Lunch and Learn Series

Part One: What's Going on with Food Safety?

February 11 | 12-1p | Virtual
Presenter: Robert Hadad, Cornell Cooperative Extension Vegetable Program

NYSDAM FSMA inspectors are expected to step up farm visits this season. Why are they showing up on the farm asking about FSMA? Aren’t we exempt? This noontime hour we will discuss the purpose of the farm visits and what produce farmers need to know.

Part Two: What Counts as Food Processing?

February 18 | 12-1p | Virtual
Presenter: Robert Hadad, Cornell Cooperative Extension Vegetable Program

In this session we will discuss what counts as processing and what doesn’t. Stories of inspectors coming to farmers markets and auctions telling some growers certain products can't be sold usually without much explanation. We will try to make some sense of things and clear up some misunderstandings so hopefully the upcoming season goes smoothly.

Part Three: Traceability - Benefits for Food Safety and Beyond

February 25 | 12-1p | Virtual
Presenter: Robert Hadad, Cornell Cooperative Extension Vegetable Program

Can having a traceback process for your produce (and other farm products) make good business sense regardless of FSMA regulations? We will (try to) make the case for farms to have some sort of traceability mechanism in place.