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- From: KAKerby AT aol.com
- To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction
- Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:02:46 -0500 (EST)
Interesting - when I attended the meeting for GAP a few years ago, the
presenters said that it applied to all branches of food production. While
meats and dairy were already fairly well covered by their own rules and regs,
and GAP cert. would bring veggie production "into the 21st century of food
safety rules" (their words), the presenters said that GAP guidelines applied to
any form of food production. No distinction made in the workshop between
folks producing veggies and those producing other edibles. Folks producing
meat and eggs certainly weren't told to go home because it didn't apply to
them. If anything, the presenters said that GAP would streamline a farm's
various food safety methods such that all products met newer, more stringent
guidelines. While eggs might not be quite as prone to food safety issues
as other foods, because they're cooked first, they certainly aren't immune from
such issues.
As for our own plans, we did eggs this year but planned to expand to other
products in 2013 for that particular food hub. We already have our egg
handler license from the state, but I wondered if offering more products would
open us up to needing the GAP cert. Sounds like there's a good chance it
would.
Kathryn Kerby
frogchorusfarm.com
Snohomish, WA
In a message dated 12/21/2012 7:49:08 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
artisanfarms AT gmail.com writes:
GAPs is for produce, not eggs. |
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction
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- Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction, Vern and Amy, 12/20/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction,
Andy Fellenz, 12/20/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction,
Todd Lister, 12/20/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction,
Vern and Amy, 12/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction, Andy Fellenz, 12/21/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction,
Vern and Amy, 12/20/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction,
Todd Lister, 12/20/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction, Vern and Amy, 12/20/2012
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Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction,
KAKerby, 12/21/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction, Andy Fellenz, 12/21/2012
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[Market-farming] GAPs (was: New Cooler Construction),
Richard Stewart, 12/21/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] GAPs (was: New Cooler Construction), Aaron Brower, 12/21/2012
- Re: [Market-farming] New Cooler Construction, KAKerby, 12/21/2012
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