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Current as of January 02, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) At a minimum, all personnel who handle (contact) covered produce during covered activities or supervise the conduct of such activities must receive training that includes all of the following:
(1) Principles of food hygiene and food safety;
(2) The importance of health and personal hygiene for all personnel and visitors, including recognizing symptoms of a health condition that is reasonably likely to result in contamination of covered produce or food contact surfaces with microorganisms of public health significance; and
(3) The standards established by FDA in subparts C through O of this part that are applicable to the employee's job responsibilities.
(b) Persons who conduct harvest activities for covered produce must also receive training that includes all of the following:
(1) Recognizing covered produce that must not be harvested, including covered produce that may be contaminated with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards;
(2) Inspecting harvest containers and equipment to ensure that they are functioning properly, clean, and maintained so as not to become a source of contamination of covered produce with known or reasonably foreseeable hazards; and
(3) Correcting problems with harvest containers or equipment, or reporting such problems to the supervisor (or other responsible party), as appropriate to the person's job responsibilities.
(c) 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Code of Federal Regulations Title 21. Food and Drugs § 21.112.22 What minimum requirements apply for training personnel who conduct a covered activity? - last updated January 02, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/cfr/title-21-food-and-drugs/cfr-sect-21-112-22/
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