Southern Region Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training: Using Pre- and Post-Training Knowledge Assessments to Understand Training Effectiveness

Autor: Keith R. Schneider, Mari Schroeder, Alan Gutierrez, Karuna Kharel, Renée Goodrich Schneider, Amy Harder, Amanda Philyaw Perez, Kristin Woods, Laurel L. Dunn, Paul Priyesh, Christopher Gunter, Elena Rogers, Chip Simmons, Lynette Johnston, Chad Carter, Thomas M. Taylor, Alejandro Castillo, Juan Anciso, Joseph Masabni, Laura K. Strawn, Amber Vallotton, Katelynn Stull, Taylor O'Bannon, Michelle D. Danyluk
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Food Protection, Vol 87, Iss 5, Pp 100266- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0362-028X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100266
Popis: The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) grower training was introduced in 2016 as the standardized curriculum to meet the training requirements of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR). The PSR states that at least one supervisor or responsible party from each farm must have successfully completed this food safety training or one equivalent to the standardized curriculum, as recognized by the FDA. This study evaluated the effectiveness of PSA trainings conducted between 2017 and 2019 in the Southern United States by the Southern Regional Center for Food Safety Training, Outreach, and Technical Assistance by analyzing pre- and posttest assessments. Effectiveness was based on a 25-question knowledge assessment administered to participants before (n = 2494) and after (n = 2460) each training. The knowledge assessment indicated the overall effectiveness of the training, with average scores increasing significantly from pretest (15.9/25, 63.4%) to posttest (20.3/25, 81.3%) (P
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