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Assessing On-Farm Risks and Documenting Food Safety Practices to Meet Farm to School Requirements

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dc.contributor.authorVallotton, Amber D.en
dc.contributor.authorStrawn, Laura K.en
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-14T13:54:00Zen
dc.date.available2021-12-14T13:54:00Zen
dc.date.issued2021-05-13en
dc.date.updated2021-12-14T13:53:54Zen
dc.description.abstractGrowers wanting to access the farm to school market, need to thoroughly understand a school district’s food safety policies in order to satisfy requirements for food purchases. While a third-party GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) audit and certification is neither a federal or state requirement, some school divisions may still require it in Virginia. Yet, regardless of whether or not an audit is required, recognizing and having a good grasp about potential on-farm produce safety hazards (Figure 1) and incorporating best food safety practices (GAP) for reducing potential produce contamination are critical when selling to schools. In addition, it is important to know how the schools will verify food safety practices (i.e. verbal or written agreements, farm visits, reviewing food safety plan or records, etc.). In this publication, we will take a closer look at the process for identifying hazards to provide a context for addressing them and using a checklist document as a verification tool.en
dc.description.versionPublished online versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.orcidVallotton, Amber [0000-0003-1830-7310]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/106963en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Cooperative Extensionen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesExtension Publication; SPES-319NPen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectFarm to Schoolen
dc.titleAssessing On-Farm Risks and Documenting Food Safety Practices to Meet Farm to School Requirementsen
dc.typeExtension publicationen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Techen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-group/Virginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/School of Plant and Environmental Sciencesen

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