This survey renewal is an element of the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) annual review to determine how the federal Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule (PSR) applies to Wisconsin produce operations. Each farm should verify their information with Safe Wisconsin Produce (SWP) on a regular basis. By completing this survey renewal, you assist DATCP with the following:
- Supporting efficient delivery of inspectional services.
- Your response to this survey renewal serves as pre-verification of your farm’s operational details. Providing your up-to-date information helps to streamline inspection scheduling, implementation, and follow-up.
- Promoting education and outreach that meets the needs of Wisconsin’s growers.
- Survey renewal responses from produce growers like you help to provide a clearer picture of the state’s produce landscape. This information helps focus DATCP’s education and outreach efforts on the factors that are of the highest risk, most commonly occurring, and directly relevant to Wisconsin’s growers (e.g. growing priority crops, surface water use, etc.).
- Identifying trends or large-scale changes in Wisconsin’s produce landscape.
- Identifying potential changes and trends in the produce landscape helps to further inform and guide DATCP’S efforts to meet the needs of Wisconsin’s growers and promote produce safety.
- Establishing a baseline understanding of operations covered by the Traceability Rule.
- Survey renewal responses will help increase awareness of the scope of the Traceability Rule and how it applies to farming operations in Wisconsin. It also improves DATCP’s ability to customize potential resources on this emerging topic.
- Building and maintaining a produce farm database.
- This is completed as part of a cooperative agreement between DATCP and the FDA.
If you have questions about the survey, email our team at safeproduce@wi.gov or call (608) 224-4511.
Participation in this survey is voluntary. This form contains personally identifiable information, which may be used for purposes other than that for which it was intended. Wis. Stat. § 15.04(1)(m). This publication was made possible by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grant PAR-21-137. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the FDA.