Part 1 of Preparing Your Farm Food Safety Plan
-Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline
Having a farm food safety plan that is specific to your operation makes good business sense. Publicity about illness outbreaks traced back to farms has created a public that pays much more attention to food safety than they used to. Developing your own farm food safety plan can help to reassure your customers about food safety on your farm and potentially increase your market opportunities. A farm food safety plan will help prove to your customers dedication to on-farm food safety and show them the measures you’ve taken to ensure a safe quality product. The first step in writing a farm food safety plan is to create a food safety mission statement for the farm. [Read more…]