Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) training
Name:
Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) training
Date:
December 4, 2014
Time:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PST
Event Description:
University of Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Department of Agriculture will offer an abbreviated Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) training, focusing on risk management in fruit and vegetable production.
10 a.m. – noon on Dec. 4.
The training will be held at the Cooperative Extension Research Center and Demonstration Orchard, 4600 Horse Drive in Las Vegas, Nev.
Participants will learn principles of good agricultural and handling practices related to reducing risk from microbial food hazards and fundamental components of food safety as part of a management plan.“This training teaches how to ensure fresh horticultural products are safer for consumers and how to reduce risk to the farm business associated with legal action if a contaminated product were to enter the marketing channel,” White Pine County Extension Educator Seth Urbanowitz said. “It will allow fruit and vegetable producers to sell to a larger group of people, and it’s great for public health officials, schools, farmers market managers and agriculture professionals.”
After the training, participants are encouraged to attend one of two free mock audits:
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. on Dec. 4
Following the abbreviated GAPs training at the Center (please bring a lunch),
or
Saturday Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. – noon
at Blue Lizard Farms, 2122 Sunrise Drive in Caliente. Nev.
“Food safety is important in providing the consumer high-quality safe food, mitigating risk and gaining market access,” Urbanowitz said.Saturday Dec. 5 from 10 a.m. – noon
at Blue Lizard Farms, 2122 Sunrise Drive in Caliente. Nev.
For more information or to register for the Good Agricultural Practices training, contact Urbanowitz at urbanowitzs@unce.unr.edu or 775-293-6598.
Persons in need of special accommodations or assistance should call at least three days prior to the scheduled event.
