MSU Extension Agrifood Safety

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  Understand your farm labor costs using labor logs

  Published on June 4, 2018
  Knowing your farm's inputs can help you make decisions about how to sell your product to make the most profit.

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  What are our responsibilities regarding food allergies?

  Published on May 24, 2018
  Knowing what food allergies are and the responsibilities of manufacturers, retailers and individuals can help prevent potentially fatal consequences.

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  MSU Product Center serves a growing Michigan value-added agriculture

  Published on May 23, 2018
  MSU Product Center Food-Ag-Bio provides business development services and strategic research in the food, agriculture and natural resource sectors in Michigan.

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  Why you should worry about clean breaks and lot sizes

  Published on May 22, 2018
  Cleaning and sanitizing all food contact surfaces are required to establish a clean break. Learn what a clean break is and why it might be important to fruit and vegetable growers who grade, sort and store the produce they grow.

• The $25,000 question: Am I covered under the FSMA Produce Safety Rule?

  Published on May 22, 2018
  The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) specifies produce growers who have annual gross produce sales of $25,000 or less are not covered under the Produce Safety Rule. Learn some of the small but challenging aspects of that very simple exclusion.

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  Food trucks and millennials

  Published on May 16, 2018
  Learn more about the food preferences and marketing strategies to reach millennials.

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  Michigan small farm newsletter

  Published on May 1, 2018
  A new newsletter aimed at small-scale farmers is now available from Michigan State University Extension.

• Finer points of cleaning and sanitizing fruit and vegetable contact surfaces

  Published on April 10, 2018
  The Food Safety Modernization Act Produce Safety Rule requires cleaning and sanitizing harvest containers. Learn how to clean and sanitize, and when it is required under the Produce Safety Rule.

• Training for Preventive Controls Qualified Individuals available through MSU Extension

  Published on March 23, 2018
  A Food Safety and Preventive Controls Alliance 3-day course will be taught by the MSU HACCP team April 17-20, 2018 in Lansing.

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  Smoothies try to standout amid tough terrain of juice and shake market

  Published on March 9, 2018
  Fighting for market share in the competitive juice and shake market, it’s all about how smoothies can offer variety, audience focus, and purpose for the consumer.