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Agenda (Eastern Time) and Videos
8:30 Check in
9:00 Go live via ZOOM, welcome and introductions
9:15 Outreach Team descriptions
- 3 minutes per national or regional group to describe PSR outreach program
- 5 minutes per state to describe state enforcement status and PSR outreach program
States overview
- CAP status of your State
- Regulatory Agency in your State
- Enforcement authority type
- Significant variations from FSMA base code, or the NASDA OFRR processes
All groups (States and Collaboratives)
- Description of your outreach team
- Collaboration with other groups?
- PSA Grower Training in 2018/2019
- Related outreach?
- Response from your farms?
National/Regional Groups
Group Representative
Produce Safety Alliance Don Stoeckel
PSN-CFSAN Theresa Klaman
PSN-ORA Daniel Gorski
North Central Region Joe Hannan
IFAI Sandy Martini
Local Foods Billy Mitchell
State Groups
State Representative
Illinois Zack Grant
Indiana Scott Monroe
Iowa Joe Hannan
Kansas Londa Nwadike
Michigan Kristin Esch
Minnesota Val Gamble and Annalisa Hultberg
Missouri Bart Hawcroft and Joyce Rainwater
Nebraska Caitlyn Andrews
North Dakota Holly Mawbry
Ohio Matt Fout and Lindsey Pender
South Dakota Rhoda Burrows
Wisconsin Kristin Krokowski
10:30 Break
10:45 PSR updates; Discussion of recent FDA guidance documents and video (PSA -- Don)
11:15 OFRR updates; Summary and observations from the 2018 season (MSU – Phil)
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Best Practices for PSA Grower Training Courses
- Using the Pre- and Post-course tests for gathering national effectiveness data (NCR – Joe)
- Brief introduction to PSA supplemental materials (PSA – Don)
- Demonstrations (3 minutes per demonstration, 30 minutes total)
- Overview: Lead Trainer module synopsis strategy (K-State -- Cal)
- Module 1: The process flow of all regulatory modules (PSA -- Don)
- Module 2: Use of fluorescent powder (Glo-GermTM) to test hand washing (Iowa State -- Joe)
- Module 3: Ranking risk of different types of amendment (PSA -- Connie)
- Module 4: Poop pillows to demonstrate no-harvest zones (PSA -- Don)
- Module 5.1: MWQP calculation (MSU -- Phil)
- Module 5.2: Mixing and monitoring sanitizer, such as Sanidate (UMN -- Annalisa)
- Module 6: Colorimetric sanitation check swabs (Purdue -- Amanda or Scott)
- Module 7: Lot numbering/traceback (MSU -- Phil)
- Open discussion for remainder of time
1:15 Deeper Dives into Turbulent Waters
- Up to 5 minutes to present information
- Up to 10 minutes of discussion
- Food hubs, auctions and other complicated purchasing scenarios - what is a qualified end user? (UMN -- Annalisa)
- Exemptions and exclusions, the never-ending challenge (PSA -- Connie)
- What trainers should know about domestic audits (e.g., Harmonized), international audits (i.e., FSMA 3rd party certification), and FSMA PSR inspections (PSN -- Daniel)
- Discussion about reaching diverse populations: tribal, diversified/sustainable, traditionally underserved, immigrant, Plain farmers (NCR -- Joe)
- When State requirements affect “appropriate” ways to meet PSR requirements: wastewater, animal control, manure handling, biosolids (MDARD -- Kristin E)
- PSR status of hops, wine grapes (PSN -- Theresa)
- Open discussion for remainder of time
3:00 Sign off