Note: This Coffee Talk is the follow-up to Lindsay Gilmour’s first webinar on navigating the treacherous landscape of food safety. This recording provides excellent framing for further conversation. Please send your questions for Lindsay to yona@chesapeakefoodshed.net
Overview
For produce growers, now more than ever food safety certification is a major hurdle to entering and staying competitive in the wholesale marketplace. More and more buyers are requiring 3rd party audits and frequently farmers are left to find their own way through a confusing and complicated food safety landscape. Add to this the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act and you have a perfect recipe for dismay and misinformation. In this webinar we will attempt to demystify the mysterious, find out what questions farmers and buyers should be asking each other, and answer some of the burning questions about FSMA and food safety audits:
Why produce food safety and why now?
What is GAP certification?
What questions should I ask? – As a farmer or as a buyer
What is a food safety standard and how do I know which one to choose?
When is a 3rd party audit necessary? Who is qualified to provide the audit?
What training do I need?
Who has to comply with FSMA and what does it take?
What will all this cost me in time and money??
Who can I trust?