Author ORCID Identifier
Date Available
7-14-2020
Year of Publication
2020
Document Type
Master's Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
College
Agriculture, Food and Environment
Department/School/Program
Animal and Food Sciences
Advisor
Dr. Paul Priyesh Vijayakumar
Abstract
Produce is a high-risk commodity that is associated with numerous foodborne outbreaks each year. The Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule was designed to address these issues by requiring farms that grow, harvest, package, and/or hold produce to comply with science-based minimum guidelines. However, with the revival of the local food movement there is a subsequent flux in alternative food networks that handle produce but are not covered by this rule. Produce auctions represent only a fraction of these alternative food networks but are the focus of this study because of their interaction with the Plain community whose relationship with food safety is more complex given their way of life without the use of modern technology. Additionally, like other alternative food networks, produce auctions are struggling to understand whether they need to be in compliance with the Produce Safety Rule because they are unsure if their business is holding produce. This is primarily due to the current definition of “holding” that does not specify a minimum amount of time produce must be kept before it considered held. Using survey data, information about the functions and food safety practices yield results that conclude that produce auctions do hold produce and that the Produce Safety Rule is an appropriate and applicable food safety program for these businesses.
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2020.281
Funding Information
Extension and outreach program assistantship funded (2018) by the CAP grant that was made possible by the FDA grant number 5U18FD006459-01
Recommended Citation
Schroeder, Mari, "The Application of the Food Safety Modernization Act’s Produce Safety Rule for Produce Auctions" (2020). Theses and Dissertations--Animal and Food Sciences. 120.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/animalsci_etds/120
