Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Sanitary Facilities
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Keywords

FS159
FSHN-10-11
Good Agricultural Practices
GAPs
Food Safety
Produce

How to Cite

Lepper, Jessica A., Renée Goodrich Schneider, Aswathy Sreedharan, and Keith R. Schneider. 2018. “Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Sanitary Facilities: FSHN10-11/FS159, Rev 11/2017”. EDIS 2018 (1). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-fs159-2017.

Abstract

The Food Safety on the Farm series is a collection that reviews the generally recognized principles of GAPs (good agricultural practices) as they relate to produce, primarily at the farm level and with a particular focus on fresh Florida crops and practices. This publication focuses on GAPs and GHPs (good handling practices) relating specifically to sanitary facilities. Written by Jessica A. Lepper, Aswathy Sreedharan, Renee M. Goodrich-Schneider, and Keith R. Schneider and published by the UF/IFAS Food Science and Human Nutrition Department, January 2018.
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