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Food Safety

On-Farm Food Safety Posts

Recent Articles

Two-day online Food Safety Modernization Act: Produce Safety Rule Training: December 9 and 10

November 5, 2025

South Jersey Farmers – Stop the Bleed Training – February 2, 2026

October 27, 2025

Networks to Reduce Risk: Food Innovation Center on November 19

October 17, 2025

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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