The registration deadline has been extended on a fresh-produce
food-safety workshop in Atlanta. The Nov. 14-16 workshop will
focus on making fresh fruits and vegetables safer from the farm
to the produce shelves.
The workshop is called “Developing and Implementing GAPs and GMPs
for Evaluating Food Safety for the Fresh Produce Industry.”
(GAPs are good agricultural practices, and GMPs are good
manufacturing practices.)
Originally Oct. 12, the registration deadline has been moved to
Nov. 2. Just print out a registration form and fax
(706-542-9066) or mail it in.
Grower to Packer to Shipper
The program is tailored to the grower, packer, shipper and
third-party auditor. University of Georgia scientists and other
experts will show how to recognize potential hazards in
on-farm, packing and shipping operations. And they’ll show how to
develop a food safety plan for the participants’ specific
operations.
It will all begin at 8 a.m. Nov. 14 at the Holiday Inn Airport North in
Atlanta. It will end at noon on Nov. 16. The registration fee is
$475 for United Fresh Fruit &
Vegetable Association members or $525 for nonmembers.
For more information, call (706/542-0993), fax (706/542-9066) or
e-mail UGA food
scientist Bill Hurst.
