Sprouts Standards guidance now available

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of two guidance documents that will help sprout operations subject to FDA’s final rule entitled “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption” (the Produce Safety Rule) understand the topics covered in the Produce Safety Rule pertaining to personnel qualifications, training, and hygienic practices; equipment, tools, and buildings; and sampling and testing of spent sprout irrigation water (or in-process sprouts).