{"id":20179,"date":"2016-03-16T09:28:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=20179"},"modified":"2016-03-17T10:54:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T14:54:44","slug":"gapghp-advanced-food-safety-training-program-for-fruit-and-vegetable-producers-offered-april-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2016\/03\/16\/gapghp-advanced-food-safety-training-program-for-fruit-and-vegetable-producers-offered-april-8\/","title":{"rendered":"GAP\/GHP- Advanced Food Safety Training Program for Fruit and Vegetable Producers offered April 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 <\/strong>The Maryland Department of Agriculture, University of Maryland Extension, and University of Maryland will be conducting an advanced food safety training workshop for fruit and vegetable producers. This one-day workshop is intended for growers who have previously attended a basic GAP training and is important for small- and large- scale producers who want to understand how to meet current FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Rule requirements; are considering Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and Good Handling Practices (GHP) certification; or are currently GAP\/GHP certified and need to meet continuing education requirements. The training will focus on post harvest food safety issues.<\/p>\n

Date and location:<\/strong><\/p>\n

April 8, 2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Advanced GAP\/GHP Training. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Maryland Department of Agriculture, Lower Level Conference Rooms, 50 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis, Md. \u00a021401
\nWorkshop site contact Carol Reynolds; email: carol.reynolds@maryland.gov<\/a>; phone:\u00a0 410-841-5769<\/p>\n

Topics covered include<\/strong>: Highlights of the FDA FSMA Produce Rule presented by the University of Maryland Agriculture Law Education Inititative; Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices including pre-harvest and post-harvest water quality issues; an update on current food safety research; conducting risk assessments; trace-back and recall issues; and state programs to assist producers in implementing GAP\/GHP.<\/p>\n

Registration, Cost and Location:<\/strong> Registration is required to ensure adequate materials are available. \u00a0Download the\u00a0registration form\u00a0here<\/a>. The workshop will take place from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. The fee for the program will be $15, and will cover lunch costs and materials provided to each participant. Attendees will receive a certificate of participation following the program.<\/p>\n

The department offers two GAP\/GHP certification programs for fruit and vegetable producers. \u00a0Md. Dept. of Agriculture GAP<\/strong> certification is geared toward direct marketers or other producers that want to start with a basic food safety program and is available to Maryland fruit and vegetable producers at no cost. \u00a0USDA GAP\/GHP and USDA Harmonized GAP<\/strong> pre-harvest and post-harvest certification is provided through a cooperative agreement with USDA, Agricultural Marketing Service and is a nationally recognized certification that meets the requirements of many wholesale buyers. USDA specialty crop grant funding is available for cost share of the USDA audit fees.<\/p>\n

For more information on these certification programs, contact Deanna Baldwin with the Maryland Department of Agriculture at Deanna.baldwin@maryland.gov<\/a> or 410-841-5769 or Justine Beaulieu with the University of Maryland at\u00a0 jbeauli1@umd.edu<\/a> or\u00a0 301-405-7543.<\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture, University of Maryland Extension, and University of Maryland will be conducting an advanced food safety training workshop for fruit and vegetable producers. This one-day workshop is intended for growers who have previously attended a basic GAP training and is important for small- and large- scale producers who  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20179"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20199,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20179\/revisions\/20199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}