The U.S. Food and Drug Administration just released a new guide that should help small farmers understand regulations and exemptions surrounding the Food Safety Modernization Act’s produce safety rule.
The guide, which you can access (PDF) right on the FDA’s website, includes 35 pages on the rule, including which farms it applies to, exemptions that are available and important dates farmers should know. The rule has several different components. But all of them are aimed at improving food safety practices in farms of all sizes.
