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CDL Wisconsin Roth Sugarbush Winter institutes

CDL Wisconsin Roth Sugarbush Winter institutes. FDA registration. Why do we need to register. FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)

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CDL Wisconsin Roth Sugarbush Winter institutes

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  1. CDL Wisconsin Roth SugarbushWinter institutes

  2. FDA registration

  3. Why do we need to register • FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) • The FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), the most sweeping reform of our food safety laws in more than 70 years, was signed into law by President Obama on January 4, 2011. It aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it. 

  4. What this means for the maple industry • The maple industry has had a very low level of food related illness. Maple syrup is a 66 brix product. (66%sugar) This high level of sugar does not allow many pathogens to survive and the level heat that is required to process the syrup destroys most of the mold and fungi. • For the reasons listed above that is why the Maple industry has not been highly regulated.

  5. This is a free registration. Please make sure that you are on the right website!

  6. www.fda.gov

  7. Type facility registration in the search box

  8. Click on registration of food facilities

  9. Click on the link to create new account

  10. Create new account

  11. Food and drug facility registration

  12. Food facility registration

  13. Fill in the * marked fields

  14. Fill in the * marked fields and answer the questions

  15. Once you have registered use your FDA login and your password to access your account

  16. Where will I need my FDA account number? • Many buyers of wholesale syrup in 2014 will be requiring your State of Wisconsin license number and your FDA account number prior to purchasing your bulk syrup.

  17. Questions

  18. How do we make sure the maple industry does not become highly regulated? • Common sense production practices • Cleanliness • Food grade storage • Know the producers that you buy sap and syrup from and their production practices.

  19. Lead • Lead paint that was used to paint the insides of galvanized sap buckets. • Galvanizing: stock tanks, milk cans, sap buckets, sap pails, gathering and storage tanks. • English tin and galvanized pans • Bronze gear pumps on filter presses • Lead solder

  20. Storage Tanks

  21. Standard Plastic

  22. Common uses • Pails • Fittings and valves • Tanks • Hose • Totes

  23. Standard Plastic

  24. NSF Plastic

  25. What Does NSF Mean? • NSF by definition is: National Sanitation Foundation • This group rates production and production practices to certify that tanks and containers are safe to hold food grade materials or potable water. • If you can buy a stainless tank and you have to buy a poly tank make sure the poly tank is an NSF rated storage tank.

  26. Totes and Plastic Drums

  27. What was in this tank? • Totes are for sale just about everywhere • People that sell these always claim that a food grade product was it them • Cheap ($25 to $45) for a 250 to 275 gallon tank • Totes are designed to be a one way transport container for many products.

  28. This is what was in one of them

  29. What is Gardolene VP

  30. Compound to clean metals prior to paint or chrome

  31. A tote for sale with all the labels removed. What was in it?

  32. So the tote was food grade. What was in the Tote? • Totes are used to transport food grade materials • Cooking materials, vegetable oil, etc. • Juices and concentrates.

  33. Food Allergens • Your tote contained a food product so it is safe to use. Or is it?

  34. Food AllergensThe Big 8 • Milk • Eggs • Fish • Crustacean Shellfish • Tree nuts • Peanuts • Wheat • Soybeans

  35. Will you get this tank clean?

  36. How Common are food Alergies • Last year 1 in 500 adults and 1 in every 1000 children have had a severe reaction to nuts. • Keep food items out of the sugarhouse and packaging facilities. • Wash hands before going to work in processing or packaging facilities. • Most of the retail locations are requiring allergen statements from their vendors. • What are you using for defoamer?

  37. Questions

  38. Buying Sap

  39. Buying Sap • Equipment utilization = larger return on investment • Many sugar makers have invested a great deal of capital in evaporators, reverse osmosis machine, and filters to make high quality syrup. • The large investment in the processing equipment (fixed cost assets) can dramatically lower the profit margin of the producer.

  40. Pofitability • Spreading your fixed costs over a larger amount of taps or over more gallons of sap processed will build your profit margin. • Generally speaking, the more hours you can spend processing sap and utilizing your equipment, the more profitable your operation will be. The is especially true for large operations with energy efficient ROs and evaporators.

  41. Wage Calculator

  42. The spread sheets are available at: • http://maple.dnr.cornell.edu/sapbuying.htm.

  43. Traceability of you product

  44. What is Traceability? • Traceability is the ability to verify the history, location, or application of an item by means of documented recorded identification

  45. Where Do I Start?

  46. Samples of Barrels

  47. Number of Barrel the sample came from

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