The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), Growing Safe Produce web platform, allows growers of fresh agricultural produce to access supplementary training material, to improve their understanding and subsequent implementation of the requirements established in the Produce Safety Rule governing the exploration of these products to the North American market.
The FREE WEB PLATFORM has three types of training material: videos, interactive web applications and downloadable and printable resources, such as infographics and posters, which were grouped according to the various profiles of the target users on farms that produce fresh agricultural produce - owners, supervisors and farm workers. Additional resources such as App Store (iOS system) or Google Play Store (Android system), as applicable.
The platform also has a self-assesment tool that assists farm owners, supervisors and workers in determining their compliance with the Produce Safety Rule (PSR) requirements of the United States Food Safety Modernization Act, with respect to Good Agricultural Practices.
A certificate of completion for each topic is provided on completion of the respective module. NOTE - This program does not replace any standardization curriculum recognized as appropriate by the U.S Food and Drug Administration, as established in section 112.22(c) of the Produce Safety Rule, and has no legal value. Its use is purley informational and the responsibility of the user.