WTNA Talks Food Safety to APG LeadOn Leadership Program

 Association President/CEO Roger A. Isom and Assistant Vice President Priscilla Rodriguez spoke to the American Pistachio Growers (APG) LeadOn Leadership Group this week.  Isom and Rodriguez provided a tag team presentation on Food Safety including an overview of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and the specific rules that impact the tree nut industry including the Produce Safety Rule, the Preventive Controls Rules for Human Food and Animal Food, Sanitary Transportation, and Intentional Adulteration.  The APG LeadOn Leadership Program is designed to educate and motivate diverse industry members into becoming future leaders of the U.S. pistachio industry and American Pistachio Growers.  It is a year-long program designed to provide a unique experience, consisting of leadership training and industry education seminars led by APG and industry leaders, hands-on educational opportunities that build upon the knowledge base provided by seminar presenters, field experience and a firsthand view of how the Committees/Board work, in order to prepare participants for Committee/Board selection.