Food Safety for Organic Growers. Fred Reppun Junior Extension Agent

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1 Food Safety for Organic Growers Fred Reppun Junior Extension Agent

2 Background FSMA Overview FSMA for Organic Growers Current Extension projects

3 9.6 million illnesses per year Other 14% Campylobacter 9% C. perfringens 10% Norovirus 56% Salmonella 11% Adapted from: Painter, John A., Robert M. Hoekstra, Tracy Ayers, Robert V. Tauxe, Christopher R. Braden, Frederick J. Angulo, and Patricia M. Griffin Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by Using Outbreak Data, United States, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (3): doi: /eid

4 1,451 Deaths per Year Other 24% Toxoplasma gondii 22% Listeria 18% Norovirus 10% Salmonella 26% Adapted from: Painter, John A., Robert M. Hoekstra, Tracy Ayers, Robert V. Tauxe, Christopher R. Braden, Frederick J. Angulo, and Patricia M. Griffin Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by Using Outbreak Data, United States, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (3): doi: /eid

5 Illnesses by Food Type Seafood 6% Other 2% Meat/Dairy 41% Produce 51% Adapted from: Painter, John A., Robert M. Hoekstra, Tracy Ayers, Robert V. Tauxe, Christopher R. Braden, Frederick J. Angulo, and Patricia M. Griffin Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by Using Outbreak Data, United States, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (3): doi: /eid

6 Deaths by Food Type Other 25% Produce 25% Seafood 7% Meat/Dairy 43% Adapted from: Painter, John A., Robert M. Hoekstra, Tracy Ayers, Robert V. Tauxe, Christopher R. Braden, Frederick J. Angulo, and Patricia M. Griffin Attribution of Foodborne Illnesses, Hospitalizations, and Deaths to Food Commodities by Using Outbreak Data, United States, Emerging Infectious Diseases 19 (3): doi: /eid

7 Take-Home major disease burden produce carries risks too keep the poop off the food!

8 Wash Hands! When? after using the bathroom after breaks before/during harvesting washing packing after touching animals or manure

9 Wash Hands! How? 20 seconds between fingers, wrists, fingernails single use towel

10 Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) USDA recommendations buyers may require third party certification

11 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) FDA requirements commercial farms and processing facilities produce safety and preventive controls

12 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Soil Amendmts. Equipment and Transportation Animals Human Health and Hygiene Agricultural Water

13 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Trace-back and Labeling Lot No A

14 FSMA for Organic Growers Visitors awareness of farm policies toilets and hand-washing Human Health and Hygiene Employees no work if sick personnel report illness

15 FSMA for Organic Growers Soil Amendmts. Untreated manure pre-harvest interval contact with edible portion: 120 days no contact with edible portion: 90 days

16 FSMA for Organic Growers Soil Amendmts. Options compost manure first cover crop instead fish bone meal, potash before planting

17 FSMA for Organic Growers Soil Amendmts. Composting untreated manure 131 F for 3 days straight 131 F for 15 days total + 5 turnings

18 FSMA for Organic Growers Disinfectants for wash water still use potable water no substitute for running water prevents pathogen spreading in wash tubs buy food-grade Agricultural Water

19 FSMA for Organic Growers Disinfectants for wash water peroxyacetic acid (e.g. Bioside 15, Tsunami 100) 15% active ingredient 5 oz per 100 gal. 60 ppm 1 min. contact time Agricultural Water

20 FSMA for Organic Growers Disinfectants for wash water: SOP fill with potable water calculate PAA amounts, add, stir test with strips Dunk 1 min. Rinse Rinse 60 ppm 5-10 ppm ppm Agricultural Water

21 FSMA for Organic Growers Packaging single-use cleanable liners Equipment and Transportation All Equipment sanitize food contact surfaces when necessary and appropriate

22 Current Food Safety Projects Consulting on GAP audits Farmer s market safety training series Kaua i water conference presentation GAP videos Group GAP

23 Current Food Safety Projects Water testing requirement graphics

24 Current Food Safety Projects Water quality baseline

25 Resources manoa.hawaii.edu/ctahr/farmfoodsafety/ lots of info, videos, handouts many materials based on Primus audit system producesafetyalliance.cornell.edu the official outreach organization for FSMA extension videos: articles.extension.org/pages/25242/webinars-by-eorganic Chris Blanchard: good sense practices, keep the poo off the food Sadhana Ravishankar: leafy greens Francisco Diez-Gonzalez: organic sanitizers Peroxyacetic acid as disinfectant, UGA: Peroxyacetic acid detailed info, USDA AMS: cal%20report%20handling.pdf SOP for peracetic acid, Cornell:

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