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Upcoming Meetings
2021 PSA Trainers & Lead Trainers Annual Update Webinar
October 26, 2021 - 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern
All PSA Trainers, Lead Trainers, and Trainers-of-Trainers are encouraged to attend the meeting. More information will be available closer to the date of the meeting, along with registration information.
Trainer Refresher Series: October - November 2020
PSA Trainers and Lead Trainers, are you preparing to offer Remote PSA Grower Training courses? If so, join us for a series of Train-the-Trainer refreshers on Thursdays in October and November at noon Eastern time. Each week we will devote an hour to one module with tips for teaching remotely. We’ll discuss the critical concepts from that module and strategies we use to increase participant engagement. There will be time for questions and discussion. The basic presentation each week will be recorded and available on the PSA website for later viewing, but we will not be recording the discussion so that trainers can ask their questions freely.
Note: Participation in this series will not result in receiving the PSA/AFDO Certificate of Course Completion for the Train-the-Trainer Course. We will review the content at a high level, and provide any pertinent updates and teaching tips during each session. Non-PSA Trainers and Lead Trainers are welcome to attend, though as previously stated, this series will not cover the PSA Train-the-Trainer content in detail.
Recorded Sessions:
Oct. 1 – Module 1: Introduction to Produce Safety (Attendance: 80)
Oct. 8 – Module 2: Worker Health, Hygiene, and Training (Attendance: 67)
Oct. 15 – Module 3: Soil Amendments (Attendance: 83)
Oct. 22 – Module 4: Wildlife, Domesticated Animals, and Land Use (Attendance: 61)
Oct. 29 – Module 5-1: Agricultural Water – Production Water (Attendance: 69)
Nov. 5 – Module 5-2: Agricultural Water – Postharvest Water (Attendance: 60)
Nov. 12 – Module 6: Postharvest Handling & Sanitation (Attendance: 48)
Nov. 19 – Module 7: How to Develop a Farm Food Safety Plan (Attendance: 56)
E-mail Updates
- February 15, 2021
- January 19, 2021
- November 24, 2020 - Phishing Scam Alert
- October 30, 2020
- October 16, 2020
- September 8, 2020
- July 29, 2020
- June 12, 2020
- April 28, 2020
- April 3, 2020
- March 13, 2020
- February 13, 2020
- August 27, 2019
- July 29, 2019
- July 10, 2019
- August 22, 2018
- March 14, 2018
- December 12, 2017
- July 18, 2017
- May 11, 2017
- March 23, 2017
- March 7, 2017
Trainer Updates
- October-November 2020 PSA Train-the-Trainer Refresher Office Hour Series
- March 2019
- Final rule to extend the compliance dates for agricultural water published.
- Updated supplemental educational resources posted on the Trainer Resources page under Module 5.1
- Guidance for Industry: Enforcement Policy for Entities Growing, Harvesting, Packing, or Holding Hops, Wine Grapes, Pulse Crops, and Almonds
- October 22, 2018
- Draft Produce Safety Rule Guidance Released
- Comments can be submitted until April 22, 2019
- September 17, 2018
- Draft Guidance: Determination of Status as a Qualified Facility released
- July 3, 2018
- June 4, 2018
- Produce Inspections for Regulators Virtual Produce Tour video released
- January 4, 2018
- FDA announces their enforcement discretion policy for certain FSMA regulations
- September 2017
Archived Meetings
2020 PSA Trainers & Lead Trainers Annual Update Webinar
October 20, 2020
2:00 PM Eastern
Attendance: 193
2019 PSA Trainers & Lead Trainers Annual Update Webinar
October 16, 2019
2:00 PM Eastern
Attendance: 219
2018 PSA Trainers & Lead Trainers Annual Update Webinar
October 31, 2018
2:00 PM Eastern
Attendance: 275
- Notes
- 2018 Meeting Recording
- Request a copy of the presentation file in PDF via email