New federal food safety rules are coming for farmers, handlers and processors. Before the rules are finalized, it's time for all small farmers — even those who think they are wholly or partly exempt — to tune in and weigh in, said Extension educator Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant.
On Oct. 3, U of I Extension, along with Illinois Stewardship Alliance, Illinois Farmers Market Association and the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, will present a webinar covering the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act.
Extension offers this webinar and other GAPs training to help growers identify areas of high food contamination risk, particularly with infectious microbes, and prepares the growers to write a food safety plan.
"We help them with writing safety plans and, if requested, follow with mock audits of their farms in preparation for the real audit," said James Theuri, Extension educator for Kankakee, Will and Grundy counties.
The webinar will run from 3 to 4:30 p.
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