What Applies To My Farm? - Identifying Your Risks

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After assessing the food safety risks, use the following table as a checklist summary of requirements to be addressed and completed.

Name of Good Agricultural Practice
Required for my Farm?
Written Practices Needed?
Records to Keep?
Training Needed?
1.1 Worker Practices     
1.2 Hand Washing    
1.3 Clothing and Footwear    
1.4 Injuries and Illness    
2.1 Facility Maintenance    
2.2 Drainage and Sewage Systems    
2.3 Toilet and Hand Washing Facilities    
2.4 Farm Building Pest Management    
2.5 Access    
3.1 Equipment Maintenance and Calibration    
3.2 Equipment Design, Construction and Installation    
4.1 Water Quality    
4.2 Water Treatment    
5.1 Cleaning and Sanitizing    
6.1 Receiving Inputs    
6.2 General Storage    
6.3 Storage of Potentially Hazardous Products    
6.4 Storage and Disposal of Farm Wastes    
7.1 Traceability and Recall    
7.2 Sorting and Packaging    
7.3 Transport Vehicles    
7.4 Loading and Unloading    
8.1 Soil and Environment Evaluation    
8.2 Pesticide Use    
8.3 Nutrient Use    
8.4 Harvest Tools and Containers    
9.1 Animal Health Product Use    
9.2 Bedding Use    
9.3 Milking Practices    
9.4 Egg Handling     

 


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Author: OMAFRA Staff
Creation Date: 01 October 2008
Last Reviewed: 15 June 2011