Michigan’s Safe Food Risk Assessment is a small-farm, scale appropriate voluntary program designed to educate producers about food safety and recognize those who use safe food management practices (while protecting/providing consumer safety). This self-assessment tool guides growers in taking reasonable steps to reduce the risk that pathogens will contaminate the food produced on their farm.
The Safe Food Risk Assessment covers:
- Worker Health and Hygiene
- Water Usage
- Sewage Treatment
- Animal/Wildlife/Livestock Exclusion
- Manure and Municipal Biosolids Application
- Soils
- Field Sanitation and Hygiene
- Field Harvesting and Transportation
- Produce Packing
- Produce Traceability
- Pesticide and Crop Protection
The Safe Food Risk Assessment program improves and standardizes food safety practices amongst small fruit and vegetable producers to create a safer and more robust local food network.
Click here for more information, or contact Garrett Coggon, Safe Food and MAEAP Technician.