STATE	REGULATIONS	INSPECTIONS	LABELING	EDUCATION PROGRAMS
INFORMATION PROVIDED BY STATES TO FDA
California Dept. of Health Services	* No specific apple regs * Use food processor GMPs * Have voluntary guidelines * Have grading requirements	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * (Sampling is undecided at this time)	* No special labeling is required * Will ask for voluntary labeling	* Worked with industry to develop voluntary QA guidelines * Held state-wide meeting with growers/processors to discuss guidelines
Florida Dept. of Agric. & Consumer Services	* No specific apple regs * Use food processor GMPs	* Plan to inspect all manuf., but none process fresh * Samples may be collected	* No special labeling is required	* Information about hazards has been provided to juice industry
Idaho Dept. of Health & Welfare	* No regs covering interstate operations (5) * Intrastate firms (1) are covered by general food processing GMPs	* 3 firms to be inspected under FDA contract * Samples will be taken at 2 firms	* No special labeling is required	* No educational information has been provided
Illinois Dept. of Health	* No specific apple regs * Have voluntary guidelines for certification * Use food processor GMPs	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling will be done at each firm	* No special labeling is required	* Worked with industry to develop a "Safe Cider Maker" certification program which includes training, testing, & HACCP plan requirements
Iowa Dept. of Inspections & Appeals	No specific apple regs	* All firms will be inspected	* No special labeling is required	* No information provided
Indiana Dept. of Health	* No specific apple regs * Use food processor GMPs	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling will be done at each firm	* No special labeling is required	* In process of developing material to distribute this fall
Maryland Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene	* No specific apple regs * Use food processor GMPs	* Will inspect all manuf. twice – Preoperational & operational Sampling will be done at each firm	* No special labeling is required	* Will conduct education program for all processors Cooperative Extension will offer HACCP training program * Will conduct studies of effectiveness of sanitary controls
Massachusetts Dept. of Health & Human Services	* Specific regs are provided under GMP regulation	* Plan to inspect ½ of manuf. (16 of 32) * Local Health to inspect retail operations * Sampling is optional	* No special labeling is required	* Yearly workshop provided * All operations have state guidelines
Michigan Dept. of Agric.	* Specific GMPs are provided under general food GMP regulation	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling is done at each firm	* No special labeling is required but is recommended in GMPs	* Two cider workshops held * Mailing to each processor with info packet
New Jersey Dept. of Health & Senior Services	* No specific apple regs * Used a supplemental report to survey cider operations * Use wholesale food GMPs	* Some firms may be inspected under FDA contract * Big inspection effort in 1993-94 * No sampling is planned	* No special labeling is required	* Educational information was provided in 1993 * Recommended washing and brushing & the use of sodium benzoate to inactivate E. coli O157:H7
New York Dept. of Agric, & Markets	* Specific GMPs and guidelines are provided under general food GMP regulation	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling is done at each firm as needed	* No special labeling is required, but pasteurization labeling is recommended	* Educational information was provided * Processing guidelines were provided
Oregon Dept. of Agric.	* No specific apple regs * Use food processor GMPs	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling is done randomly	* No special labeling is required	* (Yes, but no details provided)
Pennsylvania Dept. of Agric.	* No specific apple regs * Use 21CFR110	* Plan to inspect all manuf.	* No special labeling is required	* None provided to date
Virginia Dept. of Agric. & Consumer Service	* No specific apple regs * Use 21CFR110 * Have grading requirements	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling is optional	* No special labeling is required	* Information packet sent out by Apple Board with materials on GMPs and HACCP, and meeting held with apple growers * HACCP training courses held in March & May
Washington Dept. of Agric.	* No specific apple regs * Use 21CFR110 * Have grading requirements	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling is optional	* No special labeling is required but it is recommended	* Yes (but details not provided)
Wisconsin Dept. of Agric. Trade & Consumer Protection	* No specific apple regs	* Plan to inspect all manuf. * Sampling is done	* Pasteurization label is recommended but not required * Recommend "keep refrig" statement at retail	* Provided 1 day seminar/ workshop * Held regional meeting with growers/ processors
ADDITIONAL DATA FROM U.S. APPLE SURVEY OF STATE PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES
Connecticut Dept. of Health	* New guidelines for cider processors * Drops approved until 11/97 – no machine harvesting	* Pre-operational inspections for all processors	* Labeling for all unpasteurized product is required	* Producers required to participate in training session on harvesting and processing requirements
Illinois				* Dept of Public Health & State Horticultural Society developed voluntary "Certified Safe Cider Maker" program which includes training, inspections, and sampling * State Horticultural Society has produced a model HACCP plan and recommended harvesting and plant sanitation SOP’s
Indiana				* Indiana Horticultural Society provided producers with information on the issues about juice safety, and included sessions on sanitation and HACCP at their annual meeting
Iowa Dept. of Inspections & Appeals				* Working with Dept of Agric, Iowa State Univ. and Iowa Fruit & Vegetable Growers Assoc to develop a voluntary certification program and training
Kentucky Dept. of Health	* No specific apple regulations	* All cider mills are inspected		* Univ of Kentucky has developed apple specific GMPs, "Ensuring the Safety of Cider" * Industry in cooperation with Univ of Kentucky is developing a Model HACCP Plan to be available Fall 1998
Maine Dept. of Agriculture	* No specific apple regulations	* All cider producers are inspected regularly		* Production guidelines are provided by Dept of Agric, Maine Apple Growers, Food and Rural Resources and Univ of Maine Cooperative Extension based upon Massachusetts’ model
Massachusetts				* Massachusetts Cider Guild developed specific GMPs based upon Purdue Univ guideline, "Suggestions for Proper Sanitation in Indiana Cider Operations"
Michigan				* Michigan Apple Cider Advisory Committee developed specific GMPs for cider manufacturers and is developing a HACCP pilot program
Minnesota Dept of Agriculture	* Specific apple rules have been developed
New Hampshire Dept of Agric. Markets & Food	* Specific apple rules have been developed		* Labeling is required which specifies if the cider is pasteurized	* Univ of NH Cooperative Extension has provided recommended GMPs for cider operations and HACCP workshops for cider producers
New York				* New York Apple Association in cooperation with the State Departments of Health, Department of Agriculture and Markets, and Cornell Univ. conducted a cider safety seminar in March 1997.
Ohio Dept of Agriculture	* Updated mill inspection rules in 1997 * New legislation on cider GMPs expected			* Regional cider schools have been held for two years by the Ohio Apple Marketing Program * Dept of Agriculture and industry sponsored GMP and HACCP seminar in 1997 * Working with Ohio Grocers Assoc. on "Keep it Cold" program
Pennsylvania Dept of Agriculture				* Working with the Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Program to develop a state task force on cider safety to sponsor a seminar on cider safety, and a HACCP training workshop in early 1998 * Pennsylvania Horticultural Society to publish recommended GMPs for cider producers