Estimated Costs for Fruit and Vegetable Producers To Comply With the Food Safety Modernization Act's Produce Rule

by John Bovay, Peyton Ferrier, and Chen Zhen

This study estimates farm-level costs to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act's Produce Safety Rule by commodity, State, and farm size. Across commodities and States, differences in costs are driven by differences in farm size and range from 0.3 percent of annual produce sales for the largest farms to 6.8 percent for the smallest.

Keywords: food policy, food safety, Food Safety Modernization Act, FSMA, fruits, vegetables, produce markets, regulation

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