Food Safety Begins on the Farm: A Grower Self Assessment of Food Safety Risks. Harvest Sanitation HARVEST SANITATION

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1 Food Safety Begins on Farm: A Grower Self Assessment Food Safety Risks Harvest Sanition HARVEST SANITATION

2 HARVEST SANITATION Harvest Field Sanition Harvest sanition is an imptant component a GAPs program. It includes both practices sanition equipment th is used in field. Wkers involved in field packing produce should be trained pick intact, undamaged fruits vegetables. They should not drops pieces produce obviously contamined with animal human feces. Harvest stards f your operions should be discussed during wker training. Dirty equipment can contamine fresh fruits vegetables, so it is very imptant implement sanition programs th effectively reduce this risk. Obviously it is impossible keep field soil f containers, but steps can be taken remove soil from containers pri arrival in packing house. It is also imptant clean sanitize containers on a routine schedule reduce risk transmitting human phogens as well as plant phogens newly ed fruits vegetables. Single-use containers used f field packing will not require a scheduled sanition program since y used only once, but se containers should be sted in a clean place where y will not be contamined with rodent, bird, or pest feces. Harvest such as knives aprons should also be cleaned on a regular basis special tention should be given gloves wn by wkers in field. If wkers wear non-disposable gloves y should also be washed daily. As with any glove use, hs should be washed pri wearing gloves whenever gloves taken f such as lunch, f breaks, use bhroom. Many field containers may present a challenge when establishing a sanition program eir due size merial from which y constructed. Developing a program may require some on-farm ingenuity, but re many options consider such as high power washers commercially available bin washers. Field equipment sanition should be a considerion in future purchases field equipment containers so th it will be easier establish an effective field equipment sanition program. Harvest such as knives aprons should also be cleaned on a regular basis special tention should be given gloves wn by wkers in field.

3 Good Agricultural s s Requiring Attention Grower Self Assessment Food Safety Risks Harvest Field Sanition 1 Harvest Field Sanition Adjustments Min Needed Exist; Concerns Examine Improvement: Needs Here Changes Priitize Grading quality crops during avoid trained Wkers bruised ing fruit ropped d D N A y an evidence with produce feces bird animal marks. feeding fruit dropped Bruised evidence with crops feces bird animal ed be may feeding se but machine), by (e.g. processed he sale. pri pasteurized not but ld Wkers avoid trained specifically feces dropped bruised, which produce contamined occasional in result may pieces. damaged stards no There wkers instructions dropped bruised avoid with produce fruit feces animal evidence feeding. Washing sanition knives, (e.g. containers) aprons, session, wk each start as breaks after day. throughout needed daily. once week. per not Harvest beginning except season. Washing sanition field packing equipment packing field is each start after session, wk needed. as breaks packing field is daily. packing field is week. per once packing Field equipment once, season. beginning Hwashing practices field wkers proper practice wkers ir wash hwashing befe wk, befe hs eing, meals, after use. ilet proper practice wkers not do but hwashing, hs ir wash always times. critical ir wash few wkers Very properly hs times. critical not is Hwashing priity. a monited

4 Harvest Field Sanition Good Agricultural s s Requiring Attention Min Adjustments Needed Concerns Exist; Examine Needs Improvement: Priitize Changes Here Quality gloves when used in field Wkers wash hs change new disposable gloves, particularly after meals, smoking using ilet facilities. Wkers wash hs wear nondisposable gloves th washed daily. Wkers wear nondisposable gloves th not washed daily OR wkers expected wash sanitize gloves home. Loading large field bins in Wkers never st in bins load ed produce, since shoes can spread harmful microganisms. Wkers st in bins, but wear protective covers on boots shoes. Wkers regularly st in bins while ing produce in field. Cleaning sanition containers used f, packing shipping New containers used f all packing. Previously used wooden plastic bins inspected, pri each use. Used wooden plastic bins boxes occasionally, based upon visual assessment cleanliness. Used wooden plastic bins boxes not OR containers collected from rom sources. Stage containers used f packing produce Containers used f packing shipping produce sted in an a th is covered, preferably isoled from packing a, insure th bins not exposed rodents, dust, condension. Boxes f packing produce sted in packing a, f ground preferably, under plastic cover. Boxes sted in open, on flo, exposed dust animals outdo conditions. Grower Self Assessment Food Safety Risks Harvest Field Sanition 2

5 Harvest Field Sanition Good Agricultural s s Requiring Attention Min Adjustments Needed Concerns Exist; Examine Needs Improvement: Priitize Changes Here Soil removal from produce bins in field, prevent contamining wash wer or loads produce As much soil is removed from produce bins while in field. Bins cleaned pri returning field. Bins commonly moved in packing a without inspecting f dirt. Recd keeping Stard opering procedures in place written f all aspects field sanition. Recds kept documenting implemention se SOPs. Stard opering procedures in place written, but recds not kept documenting implemention. Stard opering procedures undersod, but not written, recds not kept documenting implemention. There no stard opering procedures in place f field sanition wker training. Grower Self Assessment Food Safety Risks Harvest Field Sanition 3

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7 Harvest Field Sanition Action Plan De: Reviewer: Field Commodity: Min Adjustment Concerns Exist Priitize Changes Here Your Plans Reduce Risks Action f Person Estimed Target Improvement Responsible Cost De Grading quality during crops Washing sanition (e.g. knives, aprons, containers) Washing sanition field packing equipment Hwashing practices field wkers Quality gloves used in field Do not remove. Phocopy this master f evaluions. Harvest Field Sanition Action Plan 1 2

8 Harvest Field Sanition Action Plan De: Reviewer: Field Commodity: Min Adjustment Concerns Exist Priitize Changes Here Your Plans Reduce Risks Action f Person Estimed Target Improvement Responsible Cost De Loading large bins in field Cleaning sanition containers used f, packing shipping Stage containers used f packing produce Soil removal from produce bins in field, prevent contamining wash wer or loads produce Recd keeping Do not remove. Phocopy this master f evaluions. Harvest Field Sanition Action Plan 2 2