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Food safety information about various types of nuts or issues pertaining specifically to nuts.
Bibliography
- A comprehensive list of references pertaining to microbial safety of nuts and sesame seeds
Publications on the Microbial Safety of Nuts and Sesame Seeds
Outbreaks and Recalls
- Outbreaks from Tree Nuts, Peanuts, and Sesame Seeds (PDF 44 KB)
- US Recalls of Nuts (PDF 43 KB)
- Surveys for Foodborne Pathogens in Nuts (37 KB)
Grocery Manufacturer's Association (GMA)
- Industry Handbook for Safe Processing of Nuts (PDF 1.56 MB)
- Executive Summary: Industry Handbook for Safe Processing of Nuts (PDF 41 KB)
- GMA Addendum I: Industry Handbook for the Safe Shelling of Peanuts (PDF 222 KB)
- GMA Addendum II: Good Agricultural Practices for California Pistachio Growers (PDF 141 KB)
- GMA and Almond Board Addendum III : Good Agricultural Practices for Almond Growers (PDF 1.5 KB)
- Facility Design Checklist (will open as MS Excel spreadsheet.)
- Technical Guidance and Tools
Preventing Salmonella and E. coli in tree nuts
- From the Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN and the World Health Organization Publication:
Salmonella in Low Moisture Foods – Key Documents
- Salmonella Control Guidance (PDF 540 KB)
- Annex to Salmonella Guidance (PDF 203 KB)
- Facility Design Checklist (will open as MS Excel spreadsheet.)
- Guidelines for Validation of Consumer Cooking Instructions for Not-Ready-to-Eat (NRTE) Products
Information about Specific Nuts
Almonds
Select documents from: Almond Board of California:
- Aflatoxin Control Program
- Good Agricultural Practices
- Good Agricultural Practices - Quick Start Guide (PDF 816 KB)
- Good Agricultural Practices
- GMA and Almond Board Addendum III : Good Agricultural Practices for Almond Growers (PDF 1.5 KB)
- Salmonella Control
- Mandatory Salmonella Control - Final Rule (7 CFR Part 981) (PDF 121 KB)
- Pathogen Environmental Monitoring
- Includes the PEM Manual (PDF 823 KB)
- and the PEM Go to Guide (PDF 1,024 KB)
- Manuals can be found in both English and Spanish on the Almond Board of California website.
- Pasteurization Program
- Pasteurization Treatments (PDF 212 KB)
- Pasteurization Contacts
- Propylene Oxide (PPO) Standard Operating Procedures (PDF 181 KB)
- Process Validation
- Storage
Hazelnuts (Filberts)
Macadamia
Peanuts and Peanut Butter
- American Peanut Council
- FDA Guidance for Industry
- Addendum I: Industry Handbook for the Safe Shelling of Peanuts ( GMA, PDF 222 KB)
- USDA ERS Report on the Impact of the 2008-2009 Foodborne Illness Outbreak Linked to Salmonella in Peanuts (PDF 641 KB)
Pecans
Pistachios
- California Pistachio Research Board
- American Pistachio Growers Association
- Administrative Committee for Pistachios
- FDA Guidance for Industry: Measures to Address the Risk for Contamination by Salmonella Species in Food Containing a Pistachio-Derived Product as an Ingredient (PDF 58 KB) (As HTML Page)
- GMA Addendum II: Good Agricultural Practices for California Pistachio Growers (PDF 141 KB)
- Pistachio Grower: Self-Assessment Questionnaire (2010 Edition)
Walnuts
- Producing Quality Walnuts: Food Safety Starts on the Farm (PDF 120 KB)
- Quality Counts - Best Practices for Walnut Growers (PDF 495 KB)