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Free food safety workshop offered for Delaware farmers

News | Date Posted: Monday, March 9, 2015



DOVER — Farmers in Delaware and nearby states who want to be better prepared for the coming implementation of the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) have an opportunity to learn more about what will be required of them under the new law during a session at the Rutgers EcoComplex on March 23 from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sponsored by the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture and presented by the Delaware and New Jersey Departments of Agriculture, the session will feature food-safety experts, retailers and farmers who have been proactive about preparing for new food safety regulations. A free lunch will be provided. The Rutgers EcoComplex is at 1200 Florence-Columbus Road, Columbus, N.J.

Transportation is available from Dover, with a bus leaving DDA offices at 7 a.m. Register by March 19 by calling 302-698-4501 or emailing lisa.wildermuth@delaware.gov.

“Growers in our region have done an outstanding job of producing safe, healthy food for generations,” said Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee. “FSMA sets a higher focus on food safety, but it is a focus that must be and will be met by the great vegetable and fruit producers in our states.”

“The parts of FSMA that will most directly affect our farmers will be finalized by the end of this year, and then the clock will start ticking for farmers to have the necessary food-safety plans in place to be incompliance with this federal law,” said New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher. “It’s not too early for each producer to decide how they will prepare their operations for this new era of food safety.”

FSMA was enacted by Congress in 2010 and signed into law in 2011 in response to a series of foodborne illness outbreaks involving both raw products and processed foods that resulted in deaths and illnesses across the country. It gives new powers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to work with farms, food processors and other food handlers to create and maintain plans and procedures designed to prevent foodborne illnesses.

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Contact:
Dan Shortridge
Director of Communications and Marketing
Delaware Department of Agriculture
302-698-4520
daniel.shortridge@delaware.gov

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Free food safety workshop offered for Delaware farmers

News | Date Posted: Monday, March 9, 2015



DOVER — Farmers in Delaware and nearby states who want to be better prepared for the coming implementation of the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) have an opportunity to learn more about what will be required of them under the new law during a session at the Rutgers EcoComplex on March 23 from 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sponsored by the Northeast Association of State Departments of Agriculture and presented by the Delaware and New Jersey Departments of Agriculture, the session will feature food-safety experts, retailers and farmers who have been proactive about preparing for new food safety regulations. A free lunch will be provided. The Rutgers EcoComplex is at 1200 Florence-Columbus Road, Columbus, N.J.

Transportation is available from Dover, with a bus leaving DDA offices at 7 a.m. Register by March 19 by calling 302-698-4501 or emailing lisa.wildermuth@delaware.gov.

“Growers in our region have done an outstanding job of producing safe, healthy food for generations,” said Delaware Secretary of Agriculture Ed Kee. “FSMA sets a higher focus on food safety, but it is a focus that must be and will be met by the great vegetable and fruit producers in our states.”

“The parts of FSMA that will most directly affect our farmers will be finalized by the end of this year, and then the clock will start ticking for farmers to have the necessary food-safety plans in place to be incompliance with this federal law,” said New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher. “It’s not too early for each producer to decide how they will prepare their operations for this new era of food safety.”

FSMA was enacted by Congress in 2010 and signed into law in 2011 in response to a series of foodborne illness outbreaks involving both raw products and processed foods that resulted in deaths and illnesses across the country. It gives new powers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to work with farms, food processors and other food handlers to create and maintain plans and procedures designed to prevent foodborne illnesses.

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Contact:
Dan Shortridge
Director of Communications and Marketing
Delaware Department of Agriculture
302-698-4520
daniel.shortridge@delaware.gov

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