GENEVA, N.Y. — Produce Safety School is a full-day program focusing on putting farm food safety into daily production practices. Besides some classroom presentations, there will be demos and hands-on activities with produce wash equipment. This event is presented by the Cornell Vegetable Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension, and the Produce Safety Alliance.
Date:
March 27, 2019
Time:
W 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
Location:
Jordon Hall
Cornell AgriTech (Experiment Station)
630 West North Street
Geneva, NY 14456
Topics:
- Introduction to Produce Safety for the wash/pack facility
- Cleaning – the “how’s and why’s”
- Sanitizing – “how’s and why’s”
- Drying – “how’s and why’s”
- Wash/pack line set up
- Wash equipment and food contact surface clean up
- Using sanitizers in the wash line
- Sanitary Design and Practice Considerations
- Visible and Reachable Surfaces
- Smooth and Cleanable Surfaces
- No Collection Points
- Compatible Materials
- Preventing Contamination
- Equipment
- Buildings
- Tools and Practices
- Applications
- Greens Spinners – Comparison using evaluation checklist
- Using SOP’s for hard to clean equipment
- Barrel Washer
- Brush Washer
- And much more!
COST includes lunch:
$20 Cornell Vegetable Program enrollees.
$30 non-enrollees.
Pre-register at our website https://cvp.cce.cornell.edu/event.php?id=1084
For more information, contact Robert Hadad rgh26@cornell.edu 585-739-4065
–Cornell Vegetable Team
Cornell Cooperative Extension
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