North Dakota Cooperative Agreement to Enhance Produce Safety in Preparation of Implementation of FDA's Rule: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, & Holding of Produce for Human Consumption

北达科他州项目概述项目期限2021-2026

North Dakota Project Summary Project Period 2021-2026 Mission • To provide outreach and education about the FSMA Produce Safety Rule to produce growers in the state through education and one-on-one technical assistance. Vision: • Support current and new produce growers in our state by providing them with information so they can make well-informed business decisions. Program Objectives • Objective 1: Program Documentation o Overall Plans: The overall goal of this objective is to take the processes that were written in the previous CAP and organize them to provide long term success for the program and allow those running the program to be successful. • Objective 2: Program Administration o Overall Plans: The NDDA is committed to providing education to staff to help them perform their job duties well. A well-educated staff will help achieve the overall vision for the program. • Objective 3: Education, Outreach and Technical Assistance o Overall Plans: To provide FREE education and outreach to produce growers in ND. Trainings will be during months when they are not working in the fields. Every year the NDDA hosts a local foods conference. This is a place where smaller producers (that sell on average less than $25,000 in produce) come to learn. Having a grower training in conjunction with that conference provides an opportunity for those micro-exempt growers to be trained on the FSMA Produce Safety Rule. • Objective 4: Farm Inventory o Overall Plans: Collect and maintain produce farm inventory information that will be provided to the FDA on an as-needed basis. Utilize that information to better understand where outreach and education is needed across the state.