Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation
Good agricultural practices (GAPs) and good handling practices (GHPs) encompass the general procedures that growers, packers and processors of fresh fruits and vegetables should follow to ensure the safety of their product. GAPs usually deal with preharvest practices (i.e., in the field), while GHP...
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Good agricultural practices (GAPs) and good handling practices (GHPs) encompass the general procedures that growers, packers and processors of fresh fruits and vegetables should follow to ensure the safety of their product. GAPs usually deal with preharvest practices (i.e., in the field), while GHPs cover postharvest practices, including packing, storage and shipping. This factsheet covers GAPs relating to packing operation sanitation. There are seven other Florida Cooperative Extension factsheets in the ‘Food Safety on the Farm’ series that focus on specific aspects of the GAPs program and how they relate to Florida crops and practices.
Under the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), GAPs are a foundation of the Produce Safety Rule (PSR). Other than for round tomatoes in Florida (T-GAPs regulation), GAPs have mainly been a voluntary program. Additionally the PSR mandates all non-exempt operations to follow these new FSMA federal guidelines (6), but all exempt commodities and for those producers exporting to foreign countries, GAPs may still be required. Both the mandatory PSR and GAPs aim to reduce the foodborne illness burden associated with produce.
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| spelling | doaj.art-43fdb0cc74654c968aca49dd945c13912024-04-23T04:39:56ZengThe University of Florida George A. Smathers LibrariesEDIS2576-00092017-12-0120176Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation SanitationJesscia A. Lepper0Aswathy Sreedharan1Renée Goodrich Schneider2Keith R. Schneider3University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of FloridaUniversity of Florida Good agricultural practices (GAPs) and good handling practices (GHPs) encompass the general procedures that growers, packers and processors of fresh fruits and vegetables should follow to ensure the safety of their product. GAPs usually deal with preharvest practices (i.e., in the field), while GHPs cover postharvest practices, including packing, storage and shipping. This factsheet covers GAPs relating to packing operation sanitation. There are seven other Florida Cooperative Extension factsheets in the ‘Food Safety on the Farm’ series that focus on specific aspects of the GAPs program and how they relate to Florida crops and practices. Under the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), GAPs are a foundation of the Produce Safety Rule (PSR). Other than for round tomatoes in Florida (T-GAPs regulation), GAPs have mainly been a voluntary program. Additionally the PSR mandates all non-exempt operations to follow these new FSMA federal guidelines (6), but all exempt commodities and for those producers exporting to foreign countries, GAPs may still be required. Both the mandatory PSR and GAPs aim to reduce the foodborne illness burden associated with produce. https://journals.flvc.org/edis/article/view/105232FS189FSHN-12-05Good Agricultural PracticesGAPsFood SafetyProduce |
| spellingShingle | Jesscia A. Lepper Aswathy Sreedharan Renée Goodrich Schneider Keith R. Schneider Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation EDIS FS189 FSHN-12-05 Good Agricultural Practices GAPs Food Safety Produce |
| title | Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation |
| title_full | Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation |
| title_fullStr | Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation |
| title_short | Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation |
| title_sort | food safety on the farm good agricultural practices and good handling practices packing operation sanitation |
| topic | FS189 FSHN-12-05 Good Agricultural Practices GAPs Food Safety Produce |
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