FSMA Compliance Workshop for Wineries, Grand Junction

The Colorado Wine Board is hosting a Food Safety Modernization Act Compliance training for wineries on Tuesday, March 13 and Wednesday morming, March 14, 2018..  The workshop takes place at CSU’s Orchard Mesa Research Station, 3168 B 1/2 Road, Grand Junction, CO 81503-9621 (970.434.3264)

The Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 (click on link for more information on FSMA) is the most sweeping reform of the USA’s food safety laws in decades. Although businesses regulated by the TTB are exempt from some of this Act’s regulations, wineries are still subject to many parts of the act, primarily registration and inspection.

This one-and-a half-day workshop will guide wineries through the process of creating your own individualized documents to satisfy FSMA requirements. The process of creating these documents will support you in improving the quality controls in your winemaking as well as educate health inspectors visiting your business so they better understand your operation and why wine does not present the same kind of food safety risks that other food products do.

These documents include:
Good Manufacturing Procedures (GMP)
Sanitation Standard Operating Practices (SSOP)
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP)
Food Safety Plan (FSP)

Leading this training are Tamla Blunt, CSU Extension Specialist who is a certified FSMA Preventive Controls trainer and works in the Plant Diagnostic Lab for CSU’s Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, along side Dr. Stephen Menke, CSU State Enologist from the Western Colorado Research Center–Orchard Mesa.

The registration fee is $100 per winery and includes:

• two attendees from each winery
• lunch on Tuesday and coffee and pastries both mornings
• electronic documents on a thumb drive that you can customize as you create your own FSMA required documentations

Click here to register.

Call 303.869.9177 for more information.