FSPCA 2021 Virtual Annual Conference
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Food Safety Considerations After a Flood
Communities in Western North Carolina have recently experienced floodwater damage and need to know important food safety information as …
New Era of Smarter Food Safety Summit on E-Commerce: Ensuring the Safety of Foods Ordered Online and Delivered Directly to Consumers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is hosting a 3-day virtual food safety summit on Ensuring the Safety of …
Who Regulates Our Foods? - Webinar Series
Food businesses, such as restaurants, retailers, food processors, and farms, must understand which local, state, and/or federal agency has …
Information Session on DBII Grants
Heard the rumor about grant funds for value-added dairy processing? It’s true! If you haven’t already taken a look …
FDA Provides List of Resources for Animal Food Producers Preparing for Tropical Storm Elsa Impacts
As North Carolina begins preparing for the potential landfall and impacts from Tropical Storm Elsa, the U.S. Food and …
NEW! FDA Recalls Now on Our Site
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for regulating animal food. Animal food recalls are announced by …
Understanding and Implementing Current Good Manufacturing Practices for Animal Food Producers: New Factsheet Series
New food safety regulations, especially the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (FSMA), require animal food and ingredient processing …
Updates to the USDA GAP Harmonized Audit Webinar
The USDA GAP Harmonized Audit is probably the most common food safety audit used by the produce industry in …
Where Does My Farm Fall Under the Produce Safety Rule in 2021?
FDA just released “adjusted inflation cutoffs” that are used to determine how produce farms will be affected by FSMA’s Produce …
Feed Milling Extension and Anpro Campus Launch Feed Manufacturing Course
NC State Extension Feed Milling is pleased to announce a new course, co-developed with a team at anpro campus, and …
Qualified Individual Training – Now in Spanish and Chinese
In early 2020, NC State Extension Feed Milling launched a new online training course for animal food safety: Qualified …
Join Us for Our Virtual Agriculture Open House!
Thursday, April 22, 2021 7–8 p.m. Register online Spend an hour with us on Earth Day and learn about Cooperative Extension’s expanded …
Women in Ag: NCDA&CS Spotlights Anita MacMullan
A recent post on the In the Field blog from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services …
New Factsheet: The Role of Preconditioning in Food and Feed Extrusion
What is preconditioning? Where does it fit in extrusion processes? Our new factsheet, The Role of Preconditioning in Food and …
Workshop Series - Food Safety Rules and Regulations
Food Safety Training for Small Farms N.C. Cooperative Extension of Durham and Orange Counties are coordinating to host NC State Extension …
Updates for USDA Harmonized GAP and Harmonized GAP Plus Audits
Harmonized GAP Standards and Checklists On February 16, 2021, the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service announced updates to the audit standards and checklists …
Preparing for Winter Storms
As winter weather makes its way to North Carolina, keep food safety in mind with these tips to prepare …
Produce Safety Rule Review
Because we know how important it is to stay up to date with food safety practices and learn about …
Produce Safety: North Carolina's Fresh Produce Safety Task Force
[Farmlaw Editor’s note: the narrative below was written by Dr. Elena Toro Rogers, Dept. of Horticultural Science, NC State …
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