Establishing a Texas Produce Safety Program

项目总结/摘要 项目名称：建立德克萨斯州产品安全计划 项目描述：该项目的总体目标是建立一个德克萨斯州的农产品安全办公室 鼓励新鲜水果和蔬菜的安全生产，并促进遵守 FDA法规“植物生长、收获、包装和保存标准”的要求 供人食用的农产品“，俗称农产品安全规则。德州 农业部建议使用合作协议下分配的资金， 必要的基础设施，并根据FDA开展种植者推广、教育和检查 食品安全现代化法案（FSMA）。 项目目标：建立德州农产品安全办公室， 在德克萨斯州实施FSMA，包括收集农场库存数据，培训， 检查和遵守。 预期成果：TDA期望开发一个有效管理的项目， 有针对性的生产操作，并提供一致的教育和成功的农场检查。 项目目标： 1.建立一个程序，以开发和维护一个农产品农场库存; 2.评估与产品安全相关的现有法律和/或监管机构，并确定 支持《生产安全规则》要求的必要变更; 3.评估、计划和投资项目基础设施，包括信息技术和人力资源 资源; 4.为农业经营提供教育、宣传和技术援助; 5.设计并实施符合德克萨斯州适用的生产安全法规的合规计划。 五（5）年预算总额：竞赛A和B为655万美元。

Project Summary/Abstract Project Title: Establishing a Texas Produce Safety Program Project Description: The overall purpose of this project is to establish a Texas Office of Produce Safety to encourage the safe production of fresh fruits and vegetables and to promote compliance with the requirements of FDA Regulation “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption” commonly known as the Produce Safety Rule. The Texas Department of Agriculture proposes to use funds allocated under a cooperative agreement to create the necessary infrastructure and conduct grower outreach, education and inspections based on the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Project Goals: Establish a Texas Office of Produce Safety which will be responsible for the implementation of FSMA in the State of Texas including collection of farm inventory data, training, inspection and compliance. Expected Outcomes: TDA expects to develop a program that is managed efficiently, captures the targeted produce operations and provides consistent education and successful on-farm inspections. Project Objectives: 1. Establish a process to develop and maintain a produce farm inventory; 2. Evaluate existing statutory and/or regulatory authority related to produce safety, and determine necessary changes supportive of the requirements in Produce Safety Rule; 3. Assess, plan and invest in program infrastructure including information technology and human resources; 4. Provide education, outreach, and technical assistance to farming operations; and 5. Design and implement a compliance program for applicable produce safety regulations in Texas. Five (5) Year Budget Total: $6,550,000 for Competition A and B.