Food Safety Bites is a series of short podcasts covering practical food safety practices for farmers and farmworkers. We encourage you to review the entire series for full understanding of these complex issues.
This series was developed by a team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Organic Program and funded by the USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (award 2017-70020-27239)
To access all 34 episodes, check out our Soundcloud playlist
Food Safety Resources
Federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
FDA decision tree– FSMA Facts: Does this rule apply to you?
Produce Safety Alliance, housed at Cornell University
Information on meeting the Produce Safety Rule under the Food Safety Modernization Act
Records needed for FSMA produce safety rule (Produce Safety Alliance)
Video explaining exemptions and exclusions for small farms under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule (University of MN Extension)
Information on GAP (Good Agricultural Practices)
Food Safety Legal issues
Online legal resource on food safety for farmers and food producers with an interactive map showing laws for each state (Vermont Law School’s Center for Agriculture and Food Systems and University of Vermont Extension’s Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety)
Water-related articles
Water Analysis Method Requirement in the FSMA Produce Safety Rule (Produce Safety Alliance)
On-line tool to determine the relationship of overhead irrigation water with levels of contamination (Produce Safety Alliance)
Microbial die-off rates of contaminated irrigation water (Michigan State University)
Project Credits
Harriet Behar wrote and recorded the podcast series. Harriet has dozens of years of experience visiting hundreds of farms as an organic inspector, and is a certified Produce Safety Alliance food safety trainer.
Annalisa Hultberg, Statewide Educator in Food Safety at the University of Minnesota, reviewed and advised on the project.
Jody Padgham, Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison, provided technical support for the project.
Dr. Erin Silva, Associate Professor, Organic and Sustainable Cropping Systems Specialist, University of Wisconsin-Madison managed the project.
Ann Christoffer created and performed the background music for the series. Ann is a musician, singer and songwriter from the Driftless Region of Iowa and Southwest Wisconsin.