- Meredith Melendez and Wes Kline
This is the ninth article in a series dedicated to preparing
a farm food safety plan. Remember you may not need a third party audit; it depends on who is purchasing
your produce. However, everyone should
have a food safety plan.
The farm review is an overview of how you minimize the
chance of contamination through irrigation waters, wild animals and past land
use. This can be as simple as three
paragraphs, one focusing on irrigation waters, the next on wild animal activity
on the farm and the last on the previous use of the land. The following items should be included:
Irrigation waters
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What is the source(s) of irrigation water used
on the farm?
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How do you irrigate your crops with these
waters?
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How often, when and what, do you test irrigation
waters for to determine possible contaminants?
