Completed Project Report


Developing Preventative Food Safety and Biosecurity Risk Management Education Programs for the Georgia Pasture Poultry Growers

  • Award Amount: $48,999
  • Regional Center: Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2019 Education Projects
  • Project Director: Anand Mohan
  • Email: anandmohan@uga.edu
  • Organization: University of Georgia

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Project Overview

In order to address the concerns of Georgia pasture poultry producers and processors, surveys, interviews, and educational training programs were created. Four Food Safety Risk Management workshops were hosted in Georgia representing poultry producers, meat processors, and extension agents. These workshops covered the topics of HACCP, Food Safety and Biosecurity Audit, Pre- and Post-Harvest Pathogen Monitoring and Control Program, Water Quality and Management, Preventive Maintenance and Sanitation, Recordkeeping Systems, Recalls, and Liability Insurance Requirements.

Through this project, Georgia Pasture poultry producers and processors had an opportunity to understand, learn, and implement federal and state mandated minimum food safety standards and food biosecurity risks. This project provided outcome-based training and education programs and the pasture poultry producer and processors were able processors to: 1). Identify reasonably foreseeable hazards; 2). Identify and analyze methods to prevent or minimize food safety and biosecurity hazards; 3). Develop means of monitoring the effectiveness of food safety and biosecurity preventive control methods; 4). Determine corrective actions to be taken if controls are found to be ineffective; 5). Develop record-keeping system to verify the adequacy of controls, including verification records; and 6). Provisions for re-assessment of the food safety and biosecurity risk plan annually.

Number of Participants: 113

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