Upcoming Training & Events
Here you will find various trainings and events offered throughout the Southern Center. Check back often for updates.
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Southern Region Integrated Produce Safety conference (SRIPS)
The 2025 Southern Region Integrated Produce Safety conference took place at the Embassy Suites and Conference Hotel in Montgomery, Alabama. It was a two-day program conference gathered by a group of regulatory bodies from states from the Southeast region of US along with growers, Extension educators and produce safety researchers. In addition, there was a tour on day three to the Tuskegee University Black Belt Marketing and Innovation Center dedicated to research and education.
For presentations and program book, please go to: Resources.
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2024 Conference
SRIPS 2024:
2024 Conference was held in Greenville, SC and gathered a number of organizations, researchers, Extension educators, growers, and regulatory bodies from the Southern region, and a wide variety of topics and the latest approaches relevant to FSMA and produce safety were discussed on.
For more information, event program and presentations, go here: Resources
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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Animal Food
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now
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FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food
*Registration Required | Next training Tentative date: June 11-13, 2025.
More details and registration, please visit: https://fspca061125.eventbrite.com
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Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) Training
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now
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Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training
*Registration Required, Please Review Individual Course Registration Requirements
In-person trainings- FL (One day):
- PSA Training March - TBA/ Dover, FL: https://fspca061125.eventbrite.com
- PSA Training April 1st, 2025 / Immokalee, FL: https://fspca061125.eventbrite.com
Remote trainings- FL (Three days):
- PSA Training February 4-6, 2025: https://fspca061125.eventbrite.com
- PSA Training -SPANISH/ March 25-27, 2025: -for participants from FL: https://psa032525.eventbrite.com, - for out-of-State participants: https://psaoos032525.eventbrite.com
- PSA Training April 8-10, 2025: https://fspca061125.eventbrite.com
- PSA Training June 3-5, 2025: https://fspca061125.eventbrite.com
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Produce Safety Alliance Integrated Grower and Train-the-Trainer Program
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now.
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Produce Safety Alliance Train-the-Trainer.
*Registration Required
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Advanced PSA Training
*This course is for those who have taken a PSA Train-the-Trainer course
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now.
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Packinghouse HACCP
- Remote-FL/ April 28- May 1, 2025- Registration and details HERE: https://haccp042825.eventbrite.comP.HACCP Remote- April-May 2025P.HACCP Remote- April-May 2025
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On-Farm GAP & Food Safety Workshops
*Registration Required | None scheduled as of now
