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Keeping Farmers Markets Wholesome and Safe

Dec 09, 2018 World News Comments Off on Keeping Farmers Markets Wholesome and Safe

Food Quality and Safety. com 

By Lori Valigra

Farmers markets, with their colorful produce and locally sourced meat, naturally instill trust and safety in consumers.

But a recent study by researchers at Penn State University in State College, Pa., finds that bucolic image is not always the reality. The scientists and a separate group of inspectors examined food safety risks at Pennsylvania farmers markets, such as vendors handling money and unpackaged foods without changing gloves.

They found that one of the biggest issues was vendors needing food safety training. In a subsequent phase of the study, they developed an online curriculum for Penn State Extension to train vendors at farmers markets in safe food practices. Iowa State University and North Carolina State University have similar training programs.

The University of Maine also has suggestions for food safety and personal hygiene. It advises to monitor food temperatures because perishable goods left at temperatures from 40 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit for more than two hours are no longer safe to eat and utilizing hand sanitizer can help with personal hygiene.

The Penn State researchers identified the issues by combining three different observations to determine food safety at farmers markets: 1) inspectors, 2) their own direct field observations, and 3) the self-reported food safety behaviors of farmers market vendors.

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