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Food Safety

On-Farm Food Safety Posts

Recent Articles

Networks to Reduce Risk Field Trip – April 11

March 10, 2026

Produce Safety Rule Training Part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

February 19, 2026

North Jersey Commercial Vegetable Growers Meeting Program and Registration

February 18, 2026

Ask the Experts

Dr. Wes Kline,
On-Farm Food Safety Coordinator, &
Meredith Melendez,
Mercer County Agricultural Agent,
respond to grower questions.

On-Farm Food Safety: Document Your Plan

  • About Your Operation
    • Mission Statement
    • Farm Mapping
    • Food Safety Plan Responsibility - Personnel and Contact Information
    • Worker Health and Hygiene Education
    • Traceback
  • Documenting Compliance
    • Field Operations Logs
    • Harvest Logs
    • Packinghouse Logs
    • Storage and Transport Logs
  • Potential Contamination Review
    • Farm Review: Irrigation waters, Animals, Previous Land Use
  • Specific Procedures that Maximizes Farm Food Safety
    • Field  Harvest and Field Packing Activities
    • Packinghouse Activities

On-Farm Food Safety Publications

  • Third Party Audit Manual
  • Third Party Wholesale Manual
  • Manual Forms

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Commercial Recommendations

  • Commercial Blueberry Pest Control Recommendations
  • Commercial Cranberry Pest Control Recommendations
  • Commercial Grape Pest Control Recommendations
  • Commercial Mid-Atlantic Berry Guide (from Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences)
  • Commercial Tree Fruit Production Guide
  • Disease Control Recommendations for Ornamental Crops
  • Fungicide Resistance Management Guidelines for Vegetable Crops - Mid-Atlantic Region
  • Insect Control Recommendations for Shade Trees and Commercial Nursery Crops
  • Mid-Atlantic Commercial Vegetable Production Recommendations
  • More Commercial Guides

Related Links

  • Contact Information
  • Rutgers NJ Weather Network (NJWxNet)
    • CoCoRaHS
    • National Drought Monitor
  • NEWA: Weather-Pest Forecasting
  • Who to Call for Wildlife Damage
  • Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program
  • Pesticide Applicator Training

Funding in part from:

  • Reader Support
  • Rutgers Cooperative Extension,
    a unit of NJAES

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