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  Information about food safety standards such as Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), Food Safety Systems, and Food Defense.
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    Food Safety Publications: Food Safety Modernization Act
    
    Research publications on Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) from peer-reviewed journals.

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              Research Projects: Food Safety Modernization Act
    
    The Food Safety Research Projects Database (RPD) contains information about research projects related to the study of the Food Safety Modernization Act.

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              Books and Materials on Produce Safety in the NAL Catalog
    
    National Agricultural Library's (NAL) searchable database for journal citations available to persons interested in information on produce safety.

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                  USDA-ARS Scientists Present Overviews of their Research
    
    **USDA ARS Food Safety Innovations and Preventive Controls (FSIPC) Workshop 1**
Investigator: Yaguang (Sunny) Luo, PhD
Date: 2020
      
              **USDA ARS Food Safety Innovations and Preventive Controls (FSIPC) Workshop 2**
Investigator: Patricia Millner, PhD
Date: 2020
      
              **USDA ARS Food Safety Innovations and Preventive Controls (FSIPC) Workshop 3**
Investigator: Patricia Millner, PhD
Date: 2020
      
              **USDA ARS Food Safety Innovations and Preventive Controls (FSIPC) Workshop 4**
Investigator: Yaguang (Sunny) Luo, PhD
Date: 2020

  **Monitoring Water Quality using drone technology to detect E.Coli Contamination**
Investigators: Yakov Pachepsky, Matthew Stocker, Jaclyn Smith, Billie Griffith
Date: 2019
      
              **Optimizing Fresh Produce Storage Condition**
Investigators: Sunny Yaguang Luo, J. Atilio de Frias
Date: 2016

  **Chlorine Interaction in Wash Water**
Investigators: Sunny Yaguang Luo, Patricia Millner
Date: 2016
      
              **Development of Novel Tools for Research Monitoring**
Investigators: Sunny Yaguang Luo, Patricia Millner, Boce Zhang
Date: 2016


  Selected External Resources on Food Safety Standards
    
    Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)The FSMA law signed by Congress in 2011 includes preventive food safety regulations and implementation strategies designed to protect the U.S. food supply from production to consumption.
Food Safety Outreach Program [nifa.usda.gov]
The Food Safety Modernization Act in a Nutshell [nist.gov]
FDA Announces FSMA Food Traceability Proposed Rule, A Major Milestone in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety [fda.gov]
FDA Food Safety Modernization Act Overview [fda.gov]
Guidance for Industry: Juice HACCP and the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act [fda.gov]
Food Safety Modernization Act Guidance Documents [fda.gov]
FSMA Training [fda.gov]Produce Safety RuleThe produce safety rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), requires science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of fruits and vegetables grown for human consumption.
Hydroponic and Aquaponic Grower Guidance[uvm.edu]
Food Safety Modernization Act Resources:  Extension Legal Services Initiative [necafs.org]
NECAFS Produce Safety Handbook for Buyers [necafs.org]
FSMA Final Rule on Produce Safety: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption [fda.gov]
The Produce Safety Alliance - A Public/Private Partnership for the Produce Industry [ams.usda.gov]
State Produce Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) [fda.gov]
Southern Center for Food Safety Training, Outreach, and Technical Assistance [ifas.ufl.edu]
Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety [agsci.oregonstate.edu]
The Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety [uvm.edu/extension]
North Central Region Center for FSMA Training, Extension, and Technical Assistance [ncrfsma.org]Preventive Controls for Human Foods RuleThe Preventive Controls for Human Foods Rule of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), requires that reasonable measures and precautions are taken to minimize the risk of food contamination.
Food Safety Modernization Act - Preventive Controls for Human Food Rule [extension.psu.edu]
FSMA Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food [fda.gov]
Preventive Controls for Human Foods Rule [foodsafety.wsu.edu]Preventive Food Safety SystemsResources about preventive methods for food safety systems such as the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP).
HACCP Guidance [fsis.usda.gov]
FDA - HACCP [fda.gov]Meat and Poultry-Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)Provides HACCP resources for meat and poultry processing plants such as training materials, implementation guidelines, HACCP plans, supporting documentation materials, and more.
HACCP Guidelines [fsis.usda.gov]
Small and Very Small Plant Guidance [fsis.usda.gov]
HACCP Resources [meat.tamu.edu/extension]
HACCP Information and Resources [food.unl.edu]Retail and Food Service-Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)Includes HACCP resources for school food service, food retail, and catering such as monitoring forms and checklists, guidelines, training materials, sample plans, and publications.
Managing Food Safety: A Manual for the Voluntary Use of HACCP Principles for Operators of Food Service and Retail  Establishments [fda.gov]
Food Code 201 [fda.gov] [PDF, 5.65 MB]
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) [extension.iastate.edu]Seafood-Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)A variety of seafood HACCP resources including training information and protocols, education materials, HACCP manuals, and sample HACCP plans.
Seafood HACCP [fda.gov]
NOAA’s Seafood Inspection Program [fisheries.noaa.gov]
Compendium of Fish and Fishery Product Processes, Hazards, and Controls [seafood.oregonstate.edu]
Seafood HACCP [seafood.oregonstate.edu]
Retail Product Warehousing and Transit Controls in Compliance with Current Seafood HACCP Regulations [fmi.org] [PDF, 772 KB]


  Food Quality
        

          
            Food quality resources to preserve the taste, texture, and quality of food in the U.S. food supply.Food Quality ResourcesIsochoric Freezing: The Future of Food Preservation [ars.usda.gov]
USDA ARS Food Quality Research Programs Nutrition, Food Safety/Quality : USDA ARS [ars.usda.gov]
USDA ARS Food Quality/Safety Research Product Quality and New Uses : USDA ARS [ars.usda.gov]
Importance of Food Quality Priorities Food Products [nifa.usda.gov]
The Science of Food Advanced Food Manufacturing [nifa.usda.gov]


  Food Defense
        

          
            The overall process of protecting the food supply from intentional contamination, including preventive measures, surveillance, incident reporting and control.Food Defense ResourcesFood defense initiatives and resources for biosecurity to protect the U.S. food and agricultural systems.
Food Defense and Emergency Response [fsis.usda.gov]
Food Defense Initiatives [fda.gov]
Biosecurity to Protect America’s Food and Agricultural System [nifa.usda.gov] [PDF, 4.91 MB]
Animal Disease Traceability [aphis.usda.gov]
Traceability in the Food Supply Chain [oig.hhs.gov] [PDF, 619 KB]Page Content Curated By
    

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