Join us at the Rutgers Snyder Research Farm to discuss the cleaning and sanitizing of produce grading equipment.
October 10, 2019 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
This event is free but please register through Eventbrite or call Brandi at 856-451-2800
September 25, 2019 Meredith Melendez
Twilight Meeting 10/10: Cleaning and Sanitizing Grading Equipment
August 15, 2019 Meredith Melendez
FSMA Produce Safety Rule Training 9/11/19 Ewing
Need a food safety education certificate for the FSMA Produce Safety Rule or for a buyer required third party audit? Join us!
September 11, 2019
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
1440 Parkside Avenue, Ewing, NJ 08638
9:00 – 4:00, lunch included
$50 covers the training, materials, certificate and lunch
July 26, 2019 Meredith Melendez
Imported Fresh Basil Cyclospora Outbreak
A multistate Cyclospora outbreak linked to fresh imported basil was announced by the FDA late yesterday. For more information on the outbreak visit the FDA outbreak webpage. The New Jersey Department of Agriculture is closely monitoring the situation and will be communicating the latest updates.
July 25, 2019 Meredith Melendez
On-Farm Food Safety Certificate Training 9/11/19
Need a food safety training certificate for a third party audit or the FSMA Produce Safety Rule? Join us on September 11th at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County in Ewing, NJ. For more details visit our online registration page.
May 3, 2019 Wes Kline and Meredith Melendez
Are you required to let the public bring their animals onto your retail farm?
An increasing number of customers are bringing animals with them when they visit farm markets, pick your own farms, or agritainment activities. Animals can pose a food safety risk to produce, introduce disease to farm animals, frighten or upset farm animals. Outside animals can also pose a risk to employees and other market customers and farm visitors. Farmers need to consider these occurrences when keeping in compliance with regulations and buyer requirements specific to food safety and biosecurity to protect their farm animals. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) governs what you are legally allowed to do in regards to customers with service animals visiting your market or on your farm. This fact sheet will cover the specifics of the ADA, animals that are not protected by the ADA regulations, and how to reduce potential risk on your farm from outside animals. States often have regulations that go beyond the federal ADA regulation, information represented in this fact sheet is specific to New Jersey. If you farm in another state please consult the state by state guide linked at the end of this article.
What do the ADA regulations cover?
While many types of animals can provide comfort and emotional support to their owners, only service animals are protected by the ADA, specifically Title II and III. The ADA regulations define “service animal” as dogs, and less commonly miniature ponies, that are individually trained to do work or perform tasks for people with disabilities such as guiding a blind person, alerting people who are deaf, assisting a person in a wheelchair, alerting and protecting a person who is having a seizure, reminding a person with mental illness to take prescribed medications, calming a person with Post [Read more…]
December 18, 2018 Meredith Melendez
Central Jersey Vegetable Meeting – Save the Date!
Central Jersey Vegetable Grower Meeting
February 22, 2019
Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County
1440 Parkside Avenue, Ewing, NJ 08638
New Location!
Registration details will be available in early January
