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 | SANTA MARIA, Calif.-Food safety at the source and the folks at PrimusLabs.com are working hard to help produce suppliers comply with good agricultural practices (GAPs) and other procedures to keep produce clean for end users. Bill Schene, director of sales and marketing, says Primus is offering a variety of services via its web site, primuslabs.com, to help grower/shippers comply with standard food safety practices and be prepared for buyers who may require third party verification of their produce. Creation of food safety manuals and self audits are available for free over the Internet at our web sit, www.primsulabs.com," Schene reports. "Our Document Development Program makes it very easy for growers, shippers and packers to at least get a handle on their own food safety program. |
| "Any interested party can log on to our site and, by answering a series of questions, can develop a Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) manual for ranches and harvest crews, and/or a Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) manual for packinghouses and coolers. The manuals include standard operating procedures. "Once manuals have been created, they can be downloaded and printed out on any computer printer. In addition, the interested party can then conduct a self-audit. The audit will produce a score as well as corrective actions that can be taken to improve their score. "The creation of these documents is a good first step for a company to take in addressing food safety concerns from the field through the packinghouse and storage. It is an excellent method of addressing food safety issues for a processor that is concerned about its supply of bulk product. A self-audit is an excellent way for a firm to prepare for a third party audit, which many buyers are requiring." Schene says the downloaded documents are free of charge to interested parties.
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