Produce Safety Rule Cleaning and Sanitation Workshop in Salisbury, NC

— Written by Elena Rogers | March 9, 2023 (Updated: April 21, 2025, 10:43 a.m.)

Topics to be covered

This interactive workshop provides fruit and vegetable growers information and tools necessary to develop an effective cleaning and sanitizing program. During this workshop we will go over foundations and hands-on demonstrations of cleaning procedures and verification methods applicable to field harvesting and packing houses. Topics that will be covered include:

Developing a cleaning and sanitizing program
Equipment and tools needed
Documentation including SOPs and monitoring logs
Training workers/ cleaning crews
References to the Produce Safety Rule and market requirements

Target Audience

This workshop is designed for farm personnel with cleaning and sanitizing responsibilities including leading or performing cleaning and sanitizing activities, Extension agents, produce safety educators, industry association representatives, and regulatory agency representatives.

Registration Fee

$50.00 per participant/ $25.00 for each additional attendee from the same farm.

Workshop Details

Date	Location/Time	Address	Link to register
May 7, 2025	Piedmont Research Station 9:00 am -4:30 pm	8530 Sherrills Ford Rd, Salisbury, NC 28147	Register here

Employee cleaning the floor below a packing line using foam.

Partners

This workshop was developed by NC State Extension, NC Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Funding Statement: These workshops are supported by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award U2FFD007440 totaling $1,693,655 with 100 percent funded by FDA/HHS. The contents are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by FDA/HHS, or the U.S. Government.