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Regulations & Food Safety Links
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FDA. Compliance Policy Guide, Seeds for Sprouting Prior to Food Use.
1982, revised 1989
- FDA/CFSAN:
A Summary of Background Information and Foodborne Illness Associated with the
Consumption of Sprouts. August 6, 1997
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FDA, USDA, CDC:
Guide to Minimize
Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
October 26, 1998
- FDA
TALK PAPER: Interim Advisory on Alfalfa Sprouts
August 31, 1998
- FDA
Consumer: Questions Keep Sprouting About Sprouts January,
1999
- FDA/NACMCF:
Microbiological Safety Evaluations and Recommendations on Sprouted Seed
May 28, 1999
- Consumers Advised of
Risks Associated with Raw Sprouts July 9, 1999
- HHS
News: FDA Issues Guidance to Enhance Safety of Sprouts.
October 25, 1999
- Federal
Register 64 FR 57893 October 27, 1999 -- Guidance for Industry: Reducing
Microbial Food Safety Hazards for Sprouted Seeds and Guidance for Industry:
Sampling and Microbial Testing of Spent Irrigation Water During Sprout
Production October 27, 1999
- FDA/CFSAN
Guidance for Industry - Sampling And Microbial Testing Of Spent Irrigation
Water During Sprout Production October 27, 1999
- FDA/CFSAN
Guidance For Industry - Reducing Microbial Food Safety Hazards For Sprouted
Seeds October 27, 1999
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FDA/CFSAN/CA.
DHS - Safer Processing of Sprouts June, 2000
- FDA/CFSAN
Food Safety Initiative Constituent Update: Safer Processing of Sprouts &
Produce Survey & Produce Farm Investigation Course
June 15, 2000
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Sprouts and Foodborne Disease ~ Food Science Australia November 2000
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Code of Practice for the Hygienic Production of Sprouted Seeds, Canadian
Food Inspection Agency,
September 11, 2001 (Updated Feb, 2007)
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Controlling
Listeria Monocytogenes in Small and Very Small Meat and Poultry Plants.
(This is excellent information for commercial sprout growers as well.)
September, 2001
- Microbiological Safety and
Quality of Sprouts in Western Australia, 2002
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"Microbiological Safety of
Sprouted Seed Production", Chapter 4,
Code of Practice for
Food Safety in the Fresh Produce Supply Chain in Ireland, Food Safety
Authority of Ireland.
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FDA Talk
Paper: Consumers Advised of Risks Associated with Eating Raw and Lightly
Cooked Sprouts. October 2, 2002
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Albertsons Requirements for Sprouting Operations
- A "Safe Hands" Hand
Wash Program for Retail Food Operations
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Code of Hygienic
Practice for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, Codex Committee on Food Hygiene,
Joint FAO/WHO Food Standards Programme, CODEX Alimentarius Commission, CAC/RCP
53 - 2003
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Annex
II, Annex for Sprout Production, Pages 20-26 of Code of Hygienic Practices
for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables, CAC/RCP 53 - 2003 (26 pp), Secretariat of the
Codex Alimentarius Commission, World Health Organization.
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Safer Processing of
Sprouts ~ A Food Safety Training Video December, 2003
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FDA/CFSAN
Note to Firms that Grow, Condition, Store, or Distribute Seed for Sprouting
and to Firms that Produce, Pack, or Ship Fresh Sprouts August 19, 2004
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CFSAN: Produce Safety
From Production to Consumption: 2004 Action Plan to Minimize Foodborne Illness
Associated with Fresh Produce Consumption, October 2004.
- Risk of
Food Poisoning Due to the Presence of Human Pathogens in Sprouted Seeds,
Food Standards Agency, UK.
January 24, 2004
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Growing Sprouts in Retail Food Establishments December 2004, FDA
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Seed Handling and
Distribution Systems May 17, 2005 (Required listening: If you are a
commercial sprout grower, you should download and listen to this before
choosing using seed for sprouting. It can save you from being involved
in an outbreak. This is a 21 minute PowerPoint presentation that takes
10-20 minutes to download on broadband. Save it to disk before opening
it. It is 26 MB.)
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Policy on Managing
Health Risk Associated with the Consumption of Sprouted Seeds and Beans,
Health Canada,
Health Products and
Food Branch,Food
Directorate,
Identification Number:
FD-FSNP-0070, Version Number: 001,
December 2006.
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Guidance for Industry:
Sample Collection and Testing for Sprouts and Spent Irrigation Water,
Health Canada,
Health Products and
Food Branch,
Food Directorate,
Version Number:
001, December 2006.
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"Sprouted Seed Good
Manufacturing Practices Guidebook"
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. 2007
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Code of Practice for the Hygienic Production of Sprouted Seeds, Canadian
Food Inspection Agency, February 2007.
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Plant Products
Safety Manual, Revised June 2007, South Australian Research and
Development Institute (SARDI). The seed pre-screening sampling process is
based on the method developed by International Specialty Supply and Jonathon
Sprouts, which was reviewed and confirmed by the South Australian Research and
Development Institute.
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HACCP Generic Model for Sprouts Grown in
Water, First Edition, Canadian Food
Inspection Agency, February 22, 2008.
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Food Safety Practices Guidance for Sprout
Manufactures, First Edition, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, February 22,
2008.
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GUIDE DE PRATIQUES HYGIÉNIQUES À L’INTENTION
DES FABRICANTS DE GRAINES GERMÉES, PREMIÈRE ÉDITION, Agence canadienne
d'inspection des aliments, 22 février 2008.
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MODÈLE GÉNÉRIQUE HACCP Pour LES GRAINES
GERMÉES CULTIVÉES DANS L’EAU, Agence canadienne d'inspection des aliments,
22 février 2008.
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California
Department of Public Health Advisory to Commercial Sprout Producers, May
1, 2008
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Guidelines for
Australian and New Zealand Sprout Producers, Update 7 July 2008 - Prepared
by Australian New Zealand Sprouters Association.
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FDA
Letter to Sprout Industry, May 1, 2009
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