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  • May 15th 2013 Issue
  • Story by Melissa Hansen
  • Food safety mistakes

    Documentation is often incomplete in food safety audits.

    This creative, portable handwashing facility meets GlobalGAP requirements. Water is clearly labeled. PHOTO COURTESY OF SUSAN PHEASANT For growers just getting started in the food safety certification arena, preparing for your first food safety audit can be overwhelming. But learning from the mistakes of others can help you avoid making the same mistakes yourself. Susan Pheasant of The Ag Bridge, a Wenatchee, Washington, consulting company that provides a range of food safety services for the agricultural industry, has seen good and bad grower practices relating to food safety. She shared the most common reasons for noncompliances in ­GlobalGAP orchard audits […]

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