Success StoryProduce safety field days in collaboration with UK Horticulture Research Farm, Organic Association of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture



Produce safety field days in collaboration with UK Horticulture Research Farm, Organic Association of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture

Author: Paul Vijayakumar

Planning Unit: Animal and Food Sciences

Major Program: Local Food Systems

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

Dr. Paul Priyesh Vijayakumar’s produce safety team collaborated with the UK Horticulture Research Farm, Organic Association of Kentucky, and the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and participated in two field days, in Frankfort, KY (April 21, 2022) and Lexington, KY (May 17, 2022) with a focus on Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) produce safety rule. Information from the field days will aid producers in achieving regulatory compliance and facilitate their access to new opportunities by responding to food safety market demands. We had 76 registered participants at both events.






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