Online Produce Safety Handbook for Buyers Simplifies Regulations in Northeastern States
The Northeast Center to Advance Food Safety (NECAFS) recently announced its new online Produce Safety Handbook for Buyers. The handbook is formatted as an interactive website that clarifies the complex landscape of food safety regulations and standards across different states in the U.S. Northeast.
The Produce Safety Handbook helps produce buyers in the Northeast navigate each state's produce safety audit and inspection information. The site provides an interactive regional map, farm production statistics by state, a glossary of terms with common audit and inspection language, state inspection and audit information depicted with simple charts and tables, and regional content in a side-by-side display. States included in the handbook are: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland.