ANNUALGROWERSMEETING
Huller-Shellers Consider Post FSMA Regulations
Nearly every seat was filled at the annual huller/sheller
breakfast preceding the
Blue Diamond Growers
Annual
Meeting. The buzz around the tables focused on a big
crop, unusual pest damage and other challenges facing
hullers/shellers working around the clock to process a
record crop.
With a full house listening, Kelly Covello, president
of the Almond Alliance, detailed the evolving array of
regulations and requirements for huller/sheller operators,
both non-farm commercial and on-farm. The focus of
the new regulations is on both produce safety and
preventive controls. Farm-based
operations need observe only
the produce safety regulations,
Covello noted, while non-farm
commercial operators must
also comply with an array of
preventive controls.
The regulations are highly
technical, requiring most
operators to attend workshops
to learn the details. In January
2018, the Almond Alliance is
conducting sessions on Produce
Safety and Preventive Controls
for Human Food. For more
information on the workshops,
visit
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