Resources

This page contains links to various resources both within Hawaii and from our counterparts in the mainland. Our FAQ page may have the answer you are looking for as well!

• Utilize your local outreach agents through the University of Hawaii College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources!
  • CTAHR – Farm Food Safety
• Get the Authoritative and latest up to date information from the Produce Safety Alliance.
  • Produce Safety Alliance Home Page
  • Produce Safety Rule Compliance Dates and Timeline
  • PSA Grower Training Manual Resource Links*
    *NOTE YOU MUST HAVE THE MANUAL TO UTILIZE THE RESOURCES EFFECTIVELY
  • Records Required by the FSMA Produce Safety Rule
  • Produce Safety Rule: Water Requirements*
    *Production water (growing) is currently under debate by the FDA. Harvesting, Packing and Holding Water Rules are currently in place.
  • Documentation Required for Commercial Soil Amendment Suppliers
  • Farm and Packinghouse Record Keeping Sheets (Standard Operating Procedures and Log Sheets for all sections of the Produce Safety Rule)
  • More Than Words Illustrations (Pictographic Explanations of the Produce Safety Rule)
• Food and Drug Administration Fact Sheets
  • Covered or Exempt Flowchart
  • Biological Soil Amendments of Animal Origin
  • Dropped Covered Produce
  • Rarely Consumed Raw Produce
  • What to Expect of a Regulatory Inspection
  • Sprouts vs Microgreens and other tricky questions. How am I covered?
• Food Safety Resource Clearing House
  • This Clearinghouse is a curated source of Produce Safety and Preventive Controls for Human Food related resources.  Anyone can search and view the resources linked to the clearinghouse by using one or all of the search tools below (type, topic, state, and/or keywords).
• Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety
  • Located at Oregon State University, the Western Regional Center to Enhance Food Safety is one of four US regional centers that were created to coordinate food safety training programs resulting from the implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). 
• US Water Testing Labs Map*
  • This map is mostly used for the continental US.
    Please utilize one of these local listings:
    • Oahu Island:
      • FQ Labs (808-839-9444) (Daniel K Inouye International Airport)
      • Oahu Lab Testing and Compliance LLC (808-520-0988) (Moanalua)
• USDA
  • Operating Loans – Used to purchase livestock, seed and equipment. Can also cover farm operating costs and family living expenses while a farm gets up and running.
  • Farm Ownership Loans – Used to purchase or expand a ranch or farm. Can help with closing costs, constructing or improving buildings on a farm, or to help conserve and protect soil and water resources.
  • Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Loans (Directed funding to farmers and ranchers in first 10 years of operation), Microloans (Meet the needs of small and beginning farmers, or for non-traditional and specialty operations by easing some of the requirements and offering less paperwork), and Youth Loans (For young people ages 10-20 years old who need assistance with an educational agricultural project) are all subcategories of operating and/or ownership loans.
  • Emergency Conservation Program (ECP) – Helps farmers and ranchers repair damage to farmlands caused by natural disasters and helps put in place water conservation methods during severe drought.
    • Emergency Conservation Program Fact Sheet
  • Emergency Forest Restoration Program (EFRP) – Helps owners of non-industry private forests restore forest health by natural disasters.
    • Emergency Forest Restoration Program Fact Sheet
  • Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) – Pays covered producers of covered non-insurable crops when low yields, loss of inventory, or prevented planting occur due to natural disasters.
    • Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program Fact Sheet
  • Tree Assistance Program (TAP) – Provides financial Assistance to qualifying orchardists and nursery tree growers to replant or rehabilitate eligible trees, bushes, and vines damaged by natural disasters.
    • Tree Assistance Program Fact Sheet
  • Emergency Farm Loans – Provide Loans to help producers recover from production and physical losses due to drought, flooding, other natural disasters, or quarantine by animal quarantine laws or imposed by the Secretary under the Plant Protection Act.
    • Emergency Farm Loan Fact Sheet
• Other State Resources
  • New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station
    • The Public and Their Animals: Regulations and Risks to your Direct Market Farm
      • Covers Service Animals vs Emotional Support Animals and what is required under ADA.

• PSA Labeled Sanitizers for Produce
  • Always remember that an approved sanitizer will have an EPA Regulation Number listed somewhere on the label