All documents/links below from the Almond Board of California except where noted:

FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act)

• For Almond Growers:
  • FSMA Produce Safety Toolkit (PDF 12 MB) (Key Resource)
• For Almond Processors:
  • Food Safety Modernization Act and Almonds - downloadable PDFs, answers to questions and additional FSMA resources

Growers: Good Agricultural Practices (GAPS) 

• Introduction: Why we need GAPS (PDF 1.6 MB)
• Quick-start self-audit (PDF 761 KB)
• Sample Forms (at bottom of page here)
• Why should you adopt GAPS? (Quick-Start Guide) (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Documentation & Traceability
  • Employee Training
  • Fertilizer and Soil Amendment Practices
  • Water Quality and Source
  • Orchard Floor Management
  • Field Sanitation & Worker Hygiene
  • Pest Control
  • Harvest & Delivery Sanitation
  • Stockpile Management
  • Stockpile Management - Best Practices Guide (PDF 2.0 MB)

Processors: Other Resources 

• Aflatoxin
• Allergen Control
• GMPS
• HACCP & CCP
• Pasteurization (Salmonella Control) Includes:
  • Includes Validation Guidelines (at bottom of page) 
  • Mandatory Salmonella Control - Final Rule (7 CFR Part 981) (PDF 118 KB) 2007
  • Pasteurization Treatments - Proprietary Processes (PDF 221 KB) 2007
  • Propylene Oxide (PPO) Standard Operating Procedures (PDF 300 KB) 2008
  • Pasteurization Contacts (Almond Board-Approved)
    • Custom Processors (PDF 38 KB)
    • Direct Verifiable Auditors (PDF 28 KB)
    • Direct Verifiable Users (PDF 102 KB)
    • Process Authorities (PDF 432 KB)
• PEM (Pathogen Environmental Monitoring)
  • Includes the PEM Manual in English (PDF 823 KB) and in Spanish (PDF 1.7 MB)
  • and the PEM Go to Guide (2010, PDF 1 MB) and in Spanish (PDF 175 KB)
• Pesticide MRLs (Maximum Residue Limits)
• Stockpiling
  • Other Storage: 
    • Dry Ice - Easy Fumigation for Navel Orangeworm Control in Stored Almond Meats  (University of California Coop. Ext.) (PDF 1.2 MB)
    • United States Standards for Grades of Shelled Almonds 1997 (USDA, PDF 102 KB)
    • United States Standards for Grades of Almonds in the Shell 2013 (USDA,PDF 58 KB)