Illinois extension has a post on the FDA definition of a "farm".
To quote: "The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
(FSMA).... directs the FDA
to implement comprehensive, prevention-based controls throughout the
food supply chain...." (Think of mad-cow concerns, as well as listeria and similar food-borne diseases.)
Without quoting the whole thing, the issues seem to be two-fold: when a "farm" also includes food preparation, and when a "farm" also includes preparing feed for animals. There's still more regulations to come, particularly on the human food chain. (As in my previous posts on farm constitution, the purpose of the federal program governs the definition of the farm--there is no platonic ideal of a "farm".)
FDA is setting up training: "The three Alliances—Produce Safety Alliance (PSA), Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance (FSPCA), and Sprout Safety Alliance (SSA)
— are developing Train-the-Trainer programs to ensure that lead
trainers are familiar with, and prepared to deliver, the curricula and
that they understand the requirements of the FSMA rules." (from the FDA site linked to from the ILext post.)
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