Produce Safety Program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has established minimum standards for safe growing, harvesting, packing and holding of produce grown for human consumption as part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Under a grant agreement with the FDA, Oregon's Produce Safety Program works to promote understanding of the Produce Safety Rule's regulatory requirements for Oregon farmers by providing support and resources. We are a non-regulatory program in Oregon.

The produce safety team offers the following resources for Oregon’s operations:

• Outreach and education
• Technical assistance
• Developing an inventory of covered farms in Oregon
  
  

News and updates

• Produce Safety Alliance labeled sanitizers for use in produce production
• FDA factsheet: What to Expect from a Regulatory Inspection
• How to take water samples
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Rule summaries

• Personnel Qualifications and Training - Subpart C
• Health and Hygiene - Subpart D
• Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin - Subpart F
• Domestic and Wild Animals - Subpart I
• Growing, Harvesting, Handling and Packing of Product - Subpart K
• Equipment Cleaning and Sanitation - Subpart L
• Recordkeeping Requirements - Subpart O
  

Biological soil amendments of animal origin

• Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin Flyer
• How to Draft a Certificate of Conformance
• Certificate of Conformance Template
  

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The videos below are demonstrations of how a farm may discuss the different aspects of the produce safety rule (worker training, agricultural water, domestic and wild animals, biological soil amendments of animal origin, equipment cleaning and sanitation). These videos were filmed as part of a demonstration of technical assistance (On Farm Readiness Review). ODA has limited ability to provide this service in 2025 due to budget reductions.