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USDA streamlines produce safety rule
The USDA and FDA have streamlined produce safety requirements for specialty crop growers.
U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says the agency’s Harmonized Good Agricultural Practices Audit Program now aligns with the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule and inspection requirements from both agencies will be less of a burden for farmers.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says his agency is working to provide more resources to states which conduct most of the food safety inspections.
The Produce Safety Rule establishes science-based minimum standards for produce while the audit program provides ag standards for all fresh produce commodities.
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