UCANR Monthly Produce Safety Webinars

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UCANR Monthly Produce Safety Webinars

Please join us for a monthly lunchtime produce safety webinar series. On the third Tuesday of each month we will be joined by a guest speaker for a 1-1.5 hour presentation followed by questions from the listeners and more general discussion, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm.  The ten webinar topics will be focused on various aspects of produce safety including current produce safety research work from across the country. These webinars are brought to you in collaboration with experts in the food safety field, regulators, and growers.

These webinars will be held online via Zoom.  The Zoom link will be the same each month. The Zoom link is provided when you register. There will be no webinar in December.

All webinars will be recorded and archived for on-demand access. 

 

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The featured presentations are:

  1. August 19: FMSA Produce Safety Rule vs. Audit Programs by Dr. Erin DiCaprio, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension in Community Food Safety, UC Davis. Overview of the Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule (PSR) and the different types of audit programs that exist for produce.  Provide distinctions between what is required in the PSR (minimum requirements) vs. audit schemes.
  2. September 16: Are You Exempt? A Guide to FSMA Produce Safety Rule Exemptions and Qualified Exemptions by Dr. Don Stoeckel, Produce Safety Alliance at Cornell University. Provides background on the exemptions and qualified exemptions from the FSMA PSR.
  3. October 21: CDFA FSMA Inspection Processes by Angela Terrazas, Senior Environmental Scientist · California Department of Food and Agriculture. Angela will talk about the process of engaging with CDFA for FSMA compliance.  From initial contact, phone call, scheduling inspections, what to expect on day of inspection, results of inspection, re-inspection.
  4. November 18: FSMA Produce Safety Rule Processing Exemptions by Dr. Erin DiCaprio, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension in Community Food Safety, UC Davis. Provide an overview and give examples of what types of documentation will be required in applying a processing exemption from the FSMA Produce Safety Rule.
  5. January 20: FSMA Produce Safety Rule Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water by Dr. Don Stoeckel, Produce Safety Alliance at Cornell University. This webinar will include a presentation of the new requirements for Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water (Subpart E) in the FSMA Produce Safety Rule and compliance dates, and a discussion of new or revised PSA resources.
  6. February 17: Produce Safety and Pre-harvest Water Treatment
  7. March 17: Produce Safety and Post-harvest Water Treatment
  8. April 21: Produce Safety and Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin
  9. May 19: Onions and Food Safety Risks and Management
  10. June 16: Rotational Grazing and Current Understanding of Food Safety Risks