Information from UC
General
- Artisan Dairy Food Safety Coaching (Cornell Dairy Extension) Workshops for artisan cheese & dairy food producers
- California Dairy Research Foundation CDRF was created as a not-for-profit research corporation in 1988 for the purpose of promoting research and development activities that benefit California's dairy producers and processors in the consumer marketplace.
- California Department of Food and Agriculture, Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch The CDFA-MDFS is charged with the mission and responsibility of ensuring that California's milk, milk products, and products resembling milk products are safe and wholesome, meet microbial and compositional requirements and are properly labeled.
- California Milk Standards
- Labeling Information and Resources (CDFA/MDFS) California and federal code of regulations; label review
- California Milk Advisory Board's California Dairy Industry Resources (En Espanol)
- Center for Dairy Research (University of Wisconsin- Madison) Innovation, support and education for the dairy industry.
- Dairy Practices Council - A nonprofit organization of education, industry, and regulatory personnel concerned with milk quality, sanitation and regulatory uniformity publishing educational guidelines for the dairy industry.
- Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Artisan and farmstead food safety basics for producers
- Control of Listeria monocytogenes - Guidance for the U.S. Dairy Industry (Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy) (PDF 2.7 MB)
- Process Authority Process review & validation for dairy products (Cornell Dairy Extension)
Specific Food Types
Cheese
- Best Practices Guide for Cheesemakers (American Cheese Society)
- California Artisan Cheese Guild
- Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy
- Penn State Extension Food Safety Plans for Small-Scale Cheesemakers (Penn State)
- Food Safety Plan Template (Penn State) (PDF 610 KB)
- Food Safety Plan for Raw Milk Gouda Cheese Teaching Example (Penn State) (PDF 3 MB)
- Guide for Implementing a Food Safety System in Small-Scale and Raw Milk Cheese Plants (Penn State) (PDF 935 KB)
- The Safe Cheesemaking Hub Food Safety Resources for Cheesemakers (American Cheese Society)
- Recursos Seguros Para Hacer Queso en Español - Safe Cheesemaking Resources in Spanish (American Cheese Society)
- Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association - Food Safety
Ice Cream
- North American Ice Cream Association - Food Safety page
- The Safe Ice Cream Hub Food Safety Resources for Ice Cream Manufacturers (International Dairy Foods Association)
- Food Safety Resources For Artisan Manufacturers & Suppliers and Scoop Shops (International Dairy Foods Association)
- Food Safety Basics for Ice Cream Makers (IFPTI.org) Online training curriculum designed for small to medium-sized ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturers as an introduction to food safety practices. Consists of ten interactive modules.