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Topics: Food Safety, Nuisance Animals

Best Practices: Animal Intrusion in Specialty Crops

Laurel Dunn, Associate Professor and Extension Coordinator

Andre Luiz da Silva, Assistant Professor; Area of Interest: Vegetables

Govindaraj Dev Kumar, Associate Professor

Circular 1170 published with full review on November 6, 2023

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Laurel Dunn, Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva, and Govindaraj Dev Kumar

Wildlife intrusion into produce fields is a common problem for fruit and vegetable growers and presents a food safety risk when fecal contamination occurs. This video discusses best practices regarding no-harvest buffer zones (used when feces is present in the field), removal of in-field contamination, and worker training in several different scenarios.

The permalink for this UGA Extension publication is https://fieldreport.caes.uga.edu/publications/C1170/best-practices-animal-intrusion-in-specialty-crops/

Circular 1170 Published with Full Review on November 6, 2023

Published by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. For more information or guidance, contact your local Extension office. The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Institution.

Published by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. For more information or guidance, contact your local Extension office.

The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (working cooperatively with Fort Valley State University, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the counties of Georgia) offers its educational programs, assistance, and materials to all people without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or veteran status, and is an Equal Opportunity Institution.