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Food Safety

BerrySmart Food Safety promotes blueberry industry-standard food safety practices.

Food safety is a shared priority across the blueberry industry. This resource center provides growers, handlers and industry partners with easy access to tools, guidance and educational materials on key food safety topics, including agricultural water, sanitation, worker hygiene, traceability, audits and regulations.

Use the search bar or browse by topic to find resources that support safe, practical and responsible food safety practices.

PATHOGENS 101 Bacteria Parasites Virus PERSONAL HYGIENE AGRICULTURAL WATER PESTICIDES PROCESS CONTROLS
SANITATION Basics of sanitation In field/Harvesting Packing TESTING TRACEABILITY ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS RECALLS & OUTBREAKS
REGULATIONS & REGULATORY GENERAL RESOURCES GAPS / AUDITS USDA GRADE STANDARDS
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Basics of sanitation

Overview of cleaning and sanitizing using the FSMA Produce Safety Rule standards

Cleaning and Sanitizing

Labels are the law, and must be used according to the label approved by EPA; overview of selecting sanitizers for produce operations

Introduction to selecting an EPA-labeled sanitizers

Excel tool that lists all EPA-approved sanitizers for produce

Labeled sanitizers for produce – excel tool

This resource summarizes the key features of detergents and provides guidance for selecting an appropriate one for farm use.

Detergents for Farm Food Contact Surfaces

Allowed detergents and sanitizers for food contact surfaces and equipment in organic operations

overview of detergents and sanitizers for meeting USDA organic standards

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