Food Safety Essentials

FSMA

• Records Required by the FSMA Produce Safety Rule, Woods et al., v3 2025
• FSMA Final Rule on Produce Safety, US FDA, 2023
• FSMA Final Rule on Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods, US FDA, 2023
• Introduction to Selecting an EPA-Labeled Sanitizer, Produce Safety Alliance, 2018
• What you need to know about the Food Traceability Rule: Coverage and Exemptions for Produce Farms, US FDA, 2023
• What you need to know about the Food Traceability Rule: Recordkeeping Information for Produce Farms, US FDA, 2023

Tools, Templates & Customizable Logs

• Wildlife Risk Assessment, Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Team, 2023
• Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Team Food Safety Plan Templates
• Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Team Customizable GAP Logs
• PSA Sanitizer Web Tool, Produce Safety Alliance
  • Web Tool YouTube Tutorial, Produce Safety Alliance
• Sanitizer Dose Calculator (uvm.edu), UVM Extension Agricultural Engineering
• Build Your Own Hand Washing Station, Melendez & Kline, 2023
• Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Team Printable Posters & Signs

Fact Sheets & Guides

• What is On-Farm Food Safety? Melendez & Kline, 2017
• Worker Health and Hygiene, Melendez & Kline, 2014
• The Public and Their Animals: Regulations and Risks to Your Direct Market Farm, Melendez & Kline, 2019
• Cleaning & Sanitizing Guide, Iowa Cooperative Extension, 2013
• Dropped Covered Produce: What is Dropped Covered Produce? US FDA, 2019
• Floors for Vegetable Wash, Pack & Storage Areas, University of Vermont Cooperative Extension, 2018
• Repairing Cracks and Pitting in Concrete Floors, Callahan, 2021

Agricultural Water

• Agricultural Water Assessment Questionnaire, Food Safety Resource Clearinghouse
• Agricultural Water Assessment Builder, US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), UPDATED 05/2024
• Rutgers On-Farm Food Safety Team Agricultural Water Page
• End of Intended Enforcement Discretion for Subpart E Requirements for Harvest and Post-Harvest Agricultural Water for Covered Produce Other than Sprouts, US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), 2023
• Assessing Risk of Pre-Harvest Agricultural Water
• Equivalent Testing Methodology for Agricultural Water, US Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
• Turbidity: Handling Turbidity in Postharvest Wash Water, Michigan State University

External Links