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Kentucky
Good Agricultural
Practices (GAP) Program
| Food
contamination
has been in the
news recently.
As a result, consumers
are looking more
critically at
their food source
and wanting assurances.
Some marketplaces
will require compliance
with a science-based
program to limit
their risk. Being
able to assure
your customers
that you have
done everything
you can to reduce
potential contamination
will be a great
marketing edge. |
| THE
PARTNERS |
| The
Kentucky Department
of Agriculture,
University of
Kentucky Cooperative
Extension Service,
and the Kentucky
Department for
Public Health
have joined together
to ensure that
Kentucky producers
have the tools
and information
they need to reduce
the risk of contamination
from troubling
pathogens. |
| KENTUCKY’S
PROGRAM |
| Kentucky’s
voluntary GAP
program begins
with an education
component. Producers shoudl begin by reading appropriate information from the scientific community and the industry on what steps they can take to reduce the potential for contamination. |
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Information available in your own community
Beginning
next year your
local Extension
office can provide
you with step-by-step
guidance on GAP
procedures and
will offer educational
classes on GAP
at the local level.
Self Audit Resources
To go a bit further,
you may choose
to take a critical
look at all the
parts of your
operation. The
partners have
put together self-audit
worksheets that
correspond to
Cornell University’s
self-audit booklet.
You can print
these out and
work through the
questions as time
permits. |
Instructions
(doc)
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Good
Agricultural
Practices
Self Audit
workbook (Cornell
University)
(pdf)
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Accompanying
Worksheets
(doc)
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