Winter season: time to re-evaluate food safety systems and educate food hubs

THE vacation meal season East often A busy time For food hubs – entities that handle THE aggregation, distribution and or marketing of source identified regional food – as Restaurants, retailers And consumers fill their the tables And shelves with A abundance of costs, local some products. However, THE subsequent winter month can provide A precious time For reflection And revaluation of A food the hub systems And process. In This spirit, he can be useful has remind people functioning has food hubs this university of California Sustainable Agriculture Research And Education Program (UC SAREP) offers A following of food safety resources – In English And In Spanish – on It is website.

Food hubs manage THE aggregation And distribution of food some products And must join has certain food security standards.

Educative resources include: A step by step guide For food hubs on how has pursue A third party food security Audit with advice on how has navigate buyers questions. Two sample food safety plans destined as A departure indicate has be adapted has A food the hub specific operations And practices. Example standard Operating procedure, Or COZY, documents related has 11 common Tasks door out by food hubs.

"We hope these resources can play A role In portion food hubs has adopt best practices And control risks related has food security," said Gwenaël Engelskirchen, sustainable food And agriculture coordinator with CPU SAREP, WHO directed THE development of these educative tools.

According to has the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, approximately, 1 In 6 Americans (Or 48 million people) gets sick And 3,000 die of of food origin diseases annually. In 2011, has help prevent THE occurrence of of food origin disease, THE federal government promulgated the food Security Modernization Act (FSMA), designed has outline Actions has be taken has miscellaneous points along THE provide chain For both human And animal food.

CPU SAREP’s food Security Resources For Food The hubs are destined help food navigation in hubs these food safety regulations And accompanying best practices. Resources are Also available In Spanish at Recursos of security eating para The bone centers of distribution of food.

Food security certificate guide

A few buyers check A Suppliers food security program by demanding A Audit carried out by A third party certificate body Or audit business. This guide has Food Security Certification Offers key considerations Before decide has pursue A food security Audit And help users navigate THE food security certificate process.

Food security plan

Food hubs that meet THE criteria for complete compliance with the FSMA Preventive Controls For Human Food The rules are required has to have A food safety plan In place. And For all food the hubs, having A sharing document describing THE installation operations And how potential risks of food contamination are managed East A GOOD idea. Two samples food security plans, inspired by THE operations of food hubs In California, provide A departure indicate And can be adapted has A the hub own operations.

Standard Operating procedures

Standard Operating procedures provide detailed step by step instructions For how has to carry out operational Tasks In A food ease. The standard Operating procedure sample coverage common the subjects such like hand washing, ease cleaning And more, And are intended has be adapted has A food the hub specific operations And practices.

Jacob White Since Spoon Food Hub In Davis said, "THE models were A great departure place For We has build THE frame of OUR food security plan. He help We figure out What We necessary has (And doesn't) need has include. I think THE SOPs are Also Really useful because they are wide enough has get You begin but flexible enough has add THE specific practices of your business Or hub. »

For additional information, visit CPU HER....