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Mennonite vegetable farmer serves as liaison between Plain community growers and state and federal agencies
Farmer finds DATCP inspectors to be helpful partners in meeting FSMA requirements

October 28, 2019: Confused about the difference between sanitizing and cleaning? The Produce Safety Alliance developed this fact sheet that shows you how do this to keep your surfaces clean and prevent contamination from possible microorganisms.
April 18, 2019: The Draft Guidance for Industry: Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption has had each chapter's at-a-glance translated into Spanish (click on the chapter drop down)
March 27, 2019: FDA announced enforcement discretion policy for certain product commodities
March 20, 2019: Resources for food producers in flooded areas
March 15, 2019: FDA publishes final rule extending compliance dates for agricultural water provisions

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Safe Wisconsin Produce is a Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) program to adopt federal food safety regulations in a manner that makes sense for our state’s produce growers to ensure the safety and wholesomeness of food produced in Wisconsin. Wisconsin ranks 5th in the nation for number of produce farms, and 4th in produce acres harvested for fresh market, according to 2017 WASS data. Wisconsin also has 47 commodities ranked in the top 10 for the number of farms in the U.S., and 32 commodities ranked in the top five for number of farms in the U.S. Learn more about the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables produced in Wisconsin at the Wisconsin agricultural statistics.

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