Public consultation for Produce Handling Assurance (PHA) v2

Public consultation for Produce Handling Assurance v2 

About PHA 

Produce Handling Assurance (PHA) provides food safety and traceability certification of postharvest activities such as the cooling, packing, handling, and storage of crops for human consumption.  

It supports compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) and can be combined with Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) or the Harmonized Produce Safety Standard (HPSS) to provide a complete certification option for producers with on-farm packing or other postharvest activities. 

 Key topics for the PHA v2 update include:

• Certification Body audit reporting 

• Auditor criteria 

• Inclusion of the GGN logo reference 

• Streamlining of supplier approval criteria 

• Addition of new topics including materials inspection and site inspections 

• Separating tool storage, mock recall, and non-conforming products into new control points 
   

We welcome your feedback!  

Public consultation is open 19 May to 16 June 2025. You can provide your feedback via the public consultation portal.  

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