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The Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center (NE-DBIC) announces the availability of funds through the Dairy Food Safety & Certification Grant program, which will provide grants for dairy farmers, processors, and/or producer associations to take actionable steps to improve the safety of dairy products. Projects funded through this program will support increased production safety standards with the goal of accessing new markets. Projects that increase marketability of dairy products will be prioritized. Activities covered by this grant include accessing technical assistance, audits, food safety plan development, training, testing fees, and certain infrastructure upgrades.

Grants are available to applicants in all 11 Northeast states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

This grant is intended to help Vermont-based early childhood providers and Vermont schools build and strengthen farm to school or farm to early childhood programs. Specifically, the grant is designed to support programs that are integrated throughout the classroom, the cafeteria, and the community – the 3 C’s of Farm to School. This grant is made possible by the Rozo McLaughlin Farm to School Act of 2006 (6 V.S.A. § 4721),

Farm to School (FTS) Implementation is a process that deepens over time. This chart is meant to help you better understand where your school or district is in developing a FTS program, and to be a useful reference when working with FTS organizations. Please note that schools don't often grow in every area at the same pace.

For use beginning 6/1/2022
This directive provides the methodologies that Meat Safety Compliance and Enforcement Specialist, investigators and other authorized Agency personnel (referred to hereafter as program employees) will apply when preparing a Report of Investigation (ROI). Program employees prepare an ROI to support findings of apparent violations, food safety incidents, or other allegations under the VT State statutes, Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA), the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act (HMSA) (the Acts), and related rules and regulations.
KEY POINTS:
• Describes the format and components of a ROI
• Updates the process for submission and review of the ROI
• Clarifies the process for referring and transferring a ROI

For use beginning 9/29/2022
SOP for Residue Sampling, Testing and Other Verification Procedures under the National Residue Program for Meat and Poultry Products