TALLAHASSEE — Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson will join senior food safety officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to meet with Florida produce growers to get their input and concerns about the impact that increased food safety regulations will have on small farmers.
The officials will tour the Plant City Farmer’s Market on Thursday, October 22, at 12:45 p.m. and will hold a media availability.
The following day, Friday, October 23, they will attend a “Small Farms Produce Safety Listening Session” from 9 a.m. to noon at the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Division of Plant Industry building in Gainesville.
WHO: Charles H. Bronson
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Mike Taylor, Senior Adviser to the Commissioner of FDA
Ann Wright, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Affairs, USDA
WHAT: Meet with and hear from Florida farmers about the impact of food safety regulations on small farming operations
WHEN / WHERE: Thursday, October 22, 12:45 p.m.
Plant City Farmer’s Market tour and press availability
1305 West Dr. Martin Luther King Blvd., Plant City
(813) 757-9027
Friday, October 23, 9 a.m. to noon
Small Farm Produce Safety Listening Session Division of Plant Industry Building, 1911 S.W. 34th St., Gainesville
(352) 372-3505