News
The most recent follow-up survey found that 76% of growers who responded to the survey improved food safety practice, infrastructure, or equipment since the training.
Byron Chaves presented at the August listening session about "Developing Food Safety Plans for Processors."
Kristin Esch from the FDA and Laura Boczek from the EPA spoke about biosolids on July 21.
Kathiravan Krishnamurthy (from Illinois Tech) presented on Novel Processing Techniques at the June listening session.
USDA efforts to create more and better markets will benefit both producers and American consumers through fairer prices, as well as address longstanding issues intensified by pandemic
We have lots of creative people in the NCR FSMA network. Check out the song parodies that Ben Marshall and Adam Inman have written!
The 2021 evaluation report and the shorter impact report for the NCR FSMA have both been released.
James Dedecker spoke about wildlife management at the most recent listening session.
In the February 2022 newsletter, you'll find information about our upcoming annual conference, virtual meetings to discuss the proposed water rule changes (for educators and growers), and a job opportunity that would let you move to Iowa. Please register by Feb. 25 for the annual conference.
The NCR FSMA is planning another virtual conference for March 2022.
Changes were made to the PSA knowledge assessment pre-test.
FDA Issues Improvement Plan Focused on Modernizing Foodborne Illness Outbreak Responses
This plan is designed to help the FDA and their partners enhance the speed, effectiveness, coordination and communication of foodborne outbreak investigations. They are confident that the actions outlined in this plan will in turn translate into activities focused on enhancing the prevention of outbreaks.