Before Implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act's Produce Rule: A Survey of U.S. Produce Growers

Gregory Astill, Travis Minor, Linda Calvin and Suzanne Thornsbury

No 276221, Economic Information Bulletin from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: The 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Rule (PR)—formally known as the “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption”—was the first on farm food safety regulation for produce to be consumed in the United States. It set specific disease-preventive requirements for produce that is sold and consumed raw. Teaming with U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) to conduct a two-part survey in 2015 and 2016, USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) asked U.S. produce growers about microbial food safety practices already in place before the PR’s implementation. This report presents survey descriptive statistics covering various food safety practices and measured costs.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.276221

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