2025 FSMA Produce Safety Rule/Alliance Training Courses

January 30, 2025

UConn Extension is pleased to announce tMother and 2 kids making a salad with the dad it the background smilinghat two PSA Grower Training Courses are presently scheduled for late winter 2025. Registration is first come, first served, so please register early, no matter which course you plan to attend.Fsma

Instructors:

  • Indu Upadhyaya, Ph.D., Food Safety Specialist, UConn Cooperative Extension
  • Diane Hirsch, MPH, Food Safety Specialist, UConn
  • Jacqueline Kowalski, Urban Agriculture Specialist, UConn Cooperative Extension

Course Summary: The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) Grower Training Course has been designed to provide a foundation of Good Agricultural Practices knowledge that includes emphasis on co-management of food safety and environmental management goals, while outlining the requirements of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule. The PSA Grower Training Course is one way to satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in § 112.22(c) that requires ‘At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.’

To obtain a certificate that provides evidence of compliance with the training requirements of the rule, you must be present for the entire two-day course, so do not make plans for the snow date!

 

IN PERSON COURSE:

March 26 and 27; March 28, Snow Date

8:30 am through 4:00 pm

Middlesex County Extension Center

1066 Saybrook Road,

Haddam, CT 06438

Registration Deadline Monday, February 24

VIRTUAL COURSE:

April 8 and 9; No Snow Date

8:30 am through 3:30 pm

Registration Deadline Monday, March 10

No limit on participants

REGISTRATION: Course fees are $50.

TO REGISTER ONLINE VISIT: https://s.uconn.edu/fsmaproducesafety

The preferred method of registration/payment is through UConn Marketplace, paying with a credit card. Please include your phone number and regularly used email address in case of emergency or cancellation.  If you must register by mail, please use the form on the second page of this document. If you have any issues enrolling, please contact Tolland County Extension at 860-875-3331 or tolland@uconn.edu