Produce Safety University

Secretary Perdue has proclaimed September “ National Food Safety Education Month“. To celebrate, USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service is developing innovative food safety trainings for school nutrition professionals and honoring training graduates like Barbara Griffiths MSBA, RD, SNS, who make safe and...

Whether it’s solving a math problem or figuring out how to buy quality fresh apples, having the right tools and training will lead you to a positive solution. Managing fresh and fresh-cut produce purchases can seem like a complicated math problem for many schools, food banks and other large volume...

Healthy eating plus physical fitness equals a positive lifestyle. It is a concept that has been talked about for years. Fruits and vegetables are an integral part of the equation and a corner stone for National Nutrition Month. Through a number of services, the USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service...

Nothing is more important than the health and well-being of our children. To reinforce that value, USDA is constantly working to ensure that kids are only being served safe, high quality meals. That’s why we launched Produce Safety University (PSU) in 2010, to address the food safety issues related...